List of canon law legal abbreviations (Catholic canon law)

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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

  • §—paragraph
  • §§—paragraphs
  • °—number

0-9

A

  • AAS—Acta Apostolicae Sedis
  • ADCOV—Acta et Documenta Concilio Oecumenico Vaticano II apparando
  • AL—
    Amoris Laetitia
  • Ap.—apostolic
  • Ap. const—apostolic constitution
  • Art.—article or articulus
  • Arts.—articles or articuli
  • Artt.—articles or articuli
  • ASS—
    Acta Sanctae Sedis

B

C

D

  • Decr.—
    decretum
  • DPM—ap. const. Divinus perfectionis Magister on the causes of saints
  • DV—
    Defensor Vinculi or Dei verbum

E

  • EP—
    Episcopal vicar

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

  • PB—ap. const.
    Pastor Bonus
  • PCLT—
    Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
  • PCILT—
    Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts
  • Pont. Max—Pontifex Maximus
  • PP.—Papa, Latin for pope.

Q

R

  • 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]

S

T

  • TRR—Tribunal of the Roman Rota

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

References

  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

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