List of Catholic canon law legal abbreviations

There are many legal abbreviations commonly used by canonists in the canon law of the Catholic Church. However, there is no single system of uniform citation, and so individual publishers and even the standard authors sometimes diverge on usage. This page includes citations, even if duplicative, commonly used in canonical scholarship and doctrine. Latin incipits and document titles have been italicized, while Latin words, phrases, official titles, and dicasterial names have not been so italicized.

Symbol

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  • §—paragraph
  • §§—paragraphs
  • °—number
  • RI—Regulæ Iuris (cf. RJ)
  • RJ—Regulæ Juris (cf. RI)
  • RR—Roman Replies and CLSA Advisory Opinions, published by the Canon Law Society of America (1981-1983 Roman Replies alone, combined with CLSA Advisory Opinions 1984-)[3]
  • TRR—Tribunal of the Roman Rota

References

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  1. ^ a b Coriden et al., A Text and Commentary p. xx
  2. ^ a b c d Coriden et al., A Text and Commentary p. xxi.
  3. ^ Faris & Abbass, eds., A Practical Commentary, p. xxxii.

Sources

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  • Coriden, James et al., eds. The Code of Canon Law: A Text and Commentary (New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1985) ISBN 0809103451 xviii-xxiii.
  • Faris & Abbass, eds. A Practical Commentary to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (Montréal: Librairie Wilson & Lafleur, 2019) ISBN 9782924974032 xix-xxxiv.