Table 5. Common Citation Abbreviations
If an abbreviation for a committee, state agency, commission, or task force cannot be found in Tables 1-3, then the following abbreviations shall be used to construct a proper abbreviation in a citation sentence. In textual discussions in footnotes, as in regular text, do not use these abbreviations. Otherwise follow Bluebook Rule 10.2.2. The abbreviations are pluralized by adding the letter “s” inside the period.
| Word | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Academic | Acad. |
| Accountab[le, ility] | Acc. |
| Acquisition | Acq. |
| Adjudicat[e, ory] | Adj. |
| Advisor[y] | Advis. |
| Affairs | Aff. |
| Affordab[le, ility] | Afford. |
| Agency | Ag. |
| Amendment | Amend. |
| Annual | Ann. |
| Apportionment | App. |
| Appropriations | Approp. |
| Article | Art. |
| Assistant | Ass't |
| Attorney | Att'y |
| Attorney General | Att'y Gen. |
| Auditing | Audit. |
| Availab[le, ility] | Avail. |
| Bargaining | Barg. |
| Bankruptcy | Bankr. |
| Capital | Cap. |
| Certificate | Certif. |
| Chapter | Ch. |
| Children | Child. |
| Collective | Coll. |
| Commerce | Com. |
| Commission | Comm'n |
| Committee | Comm. |
| Community | Cmty. |
| Comprehensive | Comp. |
| Conference | Conf. |
| Confirmation | Conf. |
| Conservation | Conser. |
| Constitution | Const. |
| Containment | Containmt. |
| Criminal | Crim. |
| Democrat | Dem. |
| Demographic | Demog. |
| Director | Dir. |
| Disabilit[y, ies] | Disab. |
| Disadvantaged | Disadv'd |
| Division | Div. |
| Election[s] | Elec. |
| Emergency | Emerg. |
| Employ[ee, ment] | Emp. |
| Empowerment | Empwmt. |
| Enforcement | Enf. |
| Executive | Exec. |
| Family | Fam. |
| Florida | Fla. |
| Florida A and M University | FAMU |
| Florida Atlantic University | FAU |
| Florida International University | FIU |
| Florida State University | FSU |
| Florida Supreme Court | Sup. Ct. of Fla. |
| Footnote | n. (when citing a footnote, e.g., n.7) |
| note (when cross referencing, e.g., supra note 7) | |
| Fort | Ft. (when used as a part of a city's name) |
| Governmental | Govtl. |
| Governance | Govern. |
| Governor | Gov. |
| Governor's | Gov.'s |
| Gulf Coast University | GCU |
| Highway | High. |
| Honorable | Hon. |
| Hospitality | Hosp'y |
| House of Representatives | H.R. |
| Human[ity, ities] | Human. |
| Improvement | Imp. |
| Innovation | Innov. |
| Internal | Int. |
| Justice (Supreme Court) | J. |
| Justice | Just. |
| Legislat[ive, ion] | Legis. |
| Legislature | Leg. |
| Lieutenant Governor | Lt. Gov. |
| Licensing | Lic. |
| Local | Loc. |
| Management | Mgmt. |
| Military | Mil. |
| New College of Florida | NCF |
| Natural | Nat. |
| Occupation[al] | Occ. |
| Operations | Ops. |
| Opportunity | Opp. |
| Optional | Opt. |
| Paragraph | ¶ |
| Pesticide | Pest. |
| Planning | Plan. |
| Prepar[ation, atory, ed, edness] | Prep. |
| President | Pres. |
| Prevention | Prev'n |
| Privatization | Priv'n |
| Procedur[e, al] | Proc. |
| Punishment | Pun. |
| Qualification | Qual. |
| Regulat[e, ion, ory] | Reg. |
| Regulated | Reg'd |
| Relations | Rel. |
| Report | rep. |
| Representative | Rep. |
| Republican | Repub. |
| Research | Resch. |
| Resource | Res. |
| Responsib[le, ility] | Resp. |
| Restoration | Rest. |
| Revenue | Rev. |
| Safety | Saf. |
| Saint | St. |
| Second[ary] | Sec. |
| Secretary | Sec'y |
| Section | § |
| Senate | S. |
| Senator | Sen. |
| Statutes | Stat. |
| Subcommittee | Subcomm. |
| Substance | Subst. |
| Task Force | T.F. |
| Taxation | Tax'n |
| Technical | Tech. |
| Transition | Trans. |
| University of Central Florida | UCF |
| University of Florida | UF |
| University of North Florida | UNF |
| University of South Florida | USF |
| University of West Florida | UWF |
| Vehicle | Veh. |
| Veteran | Vet. |
| Vocation[al] | Voc. |