S2.14 Contractions
The following contractions are used in drafting minutes:
Names of Writs | |
Adjudication in Implement | Adjud. in Impl. |
Ante-Nuptial | Ante-Nupt. |
Assignation | Assig. |
Assumption | Assump. |
Charter | Ch. (but not contracted when it stands by itself) |
Clare Constat | Cl. Con. |
Contract | Con. (also as Charter) |
Conveyance | Convey. |
Corroboration | Corrob. |
Decreet or Decree | Decr. |
Discharge | Disch. |
Disposition | Disp. |
General | Gen. |
Marriage Contract | Mar. Con. |
Notarial Instrument | Not. Instrument |
Precept | Pr. (but not contracted when it stands by itself) |
Reconveyance | Reconvey. |
Renunciation | Ren. |
Resignation | Resig. |
Resignation ad remanentiem | Resig. ad rem |
Service | Serv. |
Settlement | Settl. |
Special | Sp. |
Supplementary | Suppl. |
Note: the above words are not contracted in the plural number and never except as names of writs.