Abbreviations and Acronyms Used

Abbrev. Abbreviation
Abr. Abridged
Acad. Academy
Acc. According
Adj. Adjective
Admin. Administration, Administrator or Administrative
Admin. Code Administrative Code
Adv. Adverb
AM Administrative Matter
Amer. American
Art. Article
Arts. Articles
Assoc. Association
Assocs. Associations
Atty. Attorney
Bec. - Because
Bet. Between
BLR Bureau of Labor Relations
BM Bar Matter
BP Batas Pambansa
Bu. Bureau
Bus. Business
CA Commonwealth Act or Court of Appeals
Cath. Catholic
Cath. Catholic
CC Civil Code
CFI Court of First Instance
Chap. Chapter
Chief Exec. Chief Executive
CHR Commission on Human Rights
CIR - Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Civ. Law Civil Law
Civ. Pro. Civil Procedure
Co. Company
COA Commission on Audit
Coll. Collector
Comelec Commission on Elections
Comm. Law. Commercial Law
Comm. of Int. Rev. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Comm. Commission or Commissioner
ConCom Constitutional Commission
Const. Construction
Const. or Consti. Constitution
Constl. Constitutional
Coop. - Cooperative
Coops. - Cooperatives
Corp. Corporation
Crim. Law. Criminal Law
Crim. Pro. Criminal Procedure
CSC Civil Service Commission
CTA Court of Tax Appeals
DAR Department of Agrarian Reform
DECS Department of Education, Culture and Sports
DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Dept. Department
Dev. Or Devt. Development
Dict. - Dictionary
Dir. Director
Direct. Directory
DOLE Department of Labor and Employment
ECC Employees Compensation Commission
Ed. Edition
Encyc. Encyclopedia
Engg Engineering
Ent. Enterprise or Enterprises
EO Executive Order
Esp. Especially
Evid. Evidence
Excl. Excluding
Exec. Sec. Executive Secretary
Exec. Executive
FC Family Code
Fed. Federation
FFW Federation of Free Workers
Fil. Soc. Filipino Society
Fund. Fundamentals
Gen. General
Govt. Government
GSIS Government Service Insurance System
HSBC Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation
IAC Intermediate Appellate Court
IC Insurance Code
Inc. Incorporated
Incl. Including
Incorp. - Incorporation
Ind. Industry or Industries
Ins. Insurance
Intel. Prop. Intellectual Property
Intl. International
Intro. Introduction
IRR Implementing Rules and Regulations
Jurisp. Jurisprudence
Kms. Kilometers
Labor Rel. Labor Relations
Lat. Latin
LC Labor Code
Legal Med. Legal Medicine
LGC Local Government Code
LGU Local Government Unit
Mar. Ins. Marine Insurance
Mar. Law Maritime Law
Med. Medicine
Meralco - Manila Electric Company
Mfg. Manufacturing
Mgt. Management
Mla. Manila
MTC Municipal Trial Court
Mun. Municipal
N. Noun
Napocor - National Power Corporation
Natl. National
Nego. Inst. Negotiable Instrument
NG - National Government.
NIL Negotiable Instrument Law
NLRC National Labor Relations Commission
Not. Notarial
Oblig & Cont. Obligations and Contracts
Occ. Occidental
OG Official Gazette
OP Office of the President
Org. Organization
Orgs. Organizations
Orig. Original
PAL Philippine Airlines
Par. Paragraph
Pars. Parapraphs
PCGG Presidential Commission on Good Government
PD Presidential Decree
PET Presidential Electoral Tribunal
Phil. Philippine
Phil. or Phils. Philippine Report or Philippines
Phils. - Philippines
PLM Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
PNB Philippine National Bank
Pol. Law Political Law
Pol. Political
Prep. Preposition
Pres. President
Presl. - Presidential
Prop. Property
Prop. Mgt. Property Management
Prov. Province
Provl. Provincial
RA Republic Act
RCPI Radio Communication Philippines, Inc.
Regist. Registration
Rel. Relations
Rem. Law. Remedial Law
Rep. Republic
Repr. Reprint
Reps. Representatives
Res. - Resolution
Rev. Review or Revised
RoC Rules of Court
RPC Revised Penal Code
RTC Regional Trial Court
SC Supreme Court
SCRA Supreme Court Report Annotated
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
Sec. Section or Secretary
Sec. of ENR Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
Secs. Sections
Sol. Gen. Solicitor General
Sp. Spanish
Spec. Pro. Special Proceedings
Sps. Spouses
SSS Social Security System
Stat. Con. Statutory Construction
Stat. Const. Statutory Construction
Std. Standard
Subdiv. Subdivision
Subsec. Subsection
Sup. Crt. Supreme Court
Tag. Tagalog
Trans. Transaction
UN United Nations
Univ. University
US Unites States
Usu. Usually
V. Verb
v. versus
Vda. Viuda
Vis. Visayan
Vol. Volume