(used in FIR) UCC — Uniform Commercial Code UCMJ — Uniform Code of Military Justice (Laws of the U.S. military) UPC — Uniform Probate Code U.S. — United States Reports (beginning with v. 502 (1991)) USC — United States Code (A free website for the full text is at U.S. Code. This text is maintained by the U.S. Gov't Printing Office, but must be checked for revisions or amendments after its effective date.) USCA — United States Code Annotated USCCAN — United States Code Congressional and Administrative News USCS — United States Code Service UST — United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (See Treaty series.) V v. — versus. Used when plaintiff is listed first on a case title. John Doe v. Richard Roe. See also "ad." above. "vs." is used in most scholarly writing in other fields, but "v." alone in legal writing. W WAC — Washington Administrative Code WTO — World Trade Organization W. Va. Code — West Virginia Code (unofficial text) WOP or w/o/p — without prejudice X XFD — Examination for Discovery XN — Examination in Chief XXN — Cross-examination Y Z See also List of legal abbreviations (canon law) References Beal, John P. et al., eds. New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law (New York/Mahway, NJ: Paulist Press, 2000). Further reading Columbia Law Review Association, Inc., Harvard Law Review Association, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and Yale Law Journal (Eds.) (2015). The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 20th ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law Review Association. Garner, Brian. Black's Law Dictionary. 10th ed. St. Paul, MN: West Pub. Co., 2014. Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law. 4th ed., 2015. McGill Law Journal. Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation. 6th ed. Toronto: Carswell, 2006. Prince, Mary Miles. Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations. 6th ed. Buffalo, NY: Hein, 2009. Trinxet, Salvador. Trinxet Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms Series. A Law Reference Collection, 2011, and Trinxet, Salvador. Trinxet Reverse Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms, 2011, and . Raistrick, Donald. Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations. 3rd ed. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2008. This book focuses more on British and non-American/international abbreviations. Kavass, World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations External links Legal acronyms and abbreviations, Retrieved 2014-30-06. Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government (maintained by U.S. Government Publishing Office) The Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations (maintained by Cardiff University). Common Abbreviations and Legal Citation Examples for