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1、英文法律文书简明教程(一)缩写一、缩写Abbreviations规则1在正式写作中,应当避免使用缩写,除非有下述规则2、规则3和规则4的情形。Informalwriting,oneshouldnotuseabbreviations,exceptasindicatedinrules2,3,and4below.例如:Incorrect:TheU.S.SupremeCourtheldthatthedefendant'srightshadbeenviolated.Correct:TheUnitedStatesSupremeCourtheldthatthedefendant'srightshadb
2、eenviolated.Incorrect:ProfessorJonasmentionedseveralcitiesthathavedomestic-partnershipordinances,e.g.,NewYorkandSanFrancisco.-42-Correct:ProfessorJonasmentionedseveralcitiesthathavedomestic-partnershipordinances,includingNewYorkandSanFrancisco.Incorrect:TheCourtannounceditsdecisioninthecaseonOct.
3、12,1994.Correct:TheCourtannounceditsdecisioninthecaseonOctober12,1994.规则2如果一个缩写的应用已经非常普遍,在一般用法中已经取代了全称,则可以使用缩写;但使用此缩写时不应该使用表示缩写的英文句号(.)。Whenanabbreviationhasbecomesocommonthatithassupplantedthefullnameincommonusage,onemayusetheabbreviation;however,oneshoulddosowithouttheuseofperiods.例如:-42-Incorr
4、ect:TheN.A.A.C.P.wasthesubjectofaprofileonC.B.S.lastweek.Correct:TheNAACPwasthesubjectofaprofileonCBSlastweek.(注:NAACPabbr.NationalAssociationfortheAdvancementofColoredPeople(美国)全国有色人种协进会,CBSabbr.(美国)哥伦比亚广播公司(ColumbiaBroadcastingSystem))However:ThedefendantinthecaseisR.J.ReynoldsIndustries,Inc.请注
5、意,在上面的例子中,字母R和J后面的句号(.)应当保留,因为这个缩写所代表的含义并非广为人知。一般来说,这样的缩写应当使用全称;但是在上面的例子中不能用全称,因为缩写R.J.是公司注册名称中使用的。Noticethatintheprecedingexample,thepointsafter"R"and"J"shouldbeleftin,becausethemeaningoftheabbreviationisnotsufficientlywellknowntomostreaders.Ordinarily,onewouldreplacesuchanabbreviationwiththeful
6、lterms;however,onecannotdosointhiscasebecausethelegalcorporatenameinvolvedincludestheabbreviation.-42-规则3当使用legalcitation时,一定要按照Bluebook(见译注)的要求来缩写。但在行文中提及法院时,不应用缩写。Whenwritinglegalcitations,alwaysusetheabbreviationsrequiredbytheBluebook.However,whenreferringtoacourtintext,donotabbreviate.Forexam
7、ple:例如:Incorrect:TheIll.SupremeCourtrequiredthereturnofthechildtohisbirthmother.Smithsonv.Bettaglia,59Illinois2d73,180NortheastReporter2d754(1994).Correct:TheIllinoisSupremeCourtrequiredthereturnofthechildtohisbirthmot