List of abbreviations

Abbreviation Full citation, name or spelling Place

A Appellate Division SA

A. D. anno Domini

ABGB Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch g

AC Law Reports, Appeal cases Eng

AD Appellate Division Reports SA

Ad& El Adolphus & Ellis's Reports, King's Bench and

Queen's Bench Eng

ADHO-RIDA Archives d'histoire dn droit oriental (1952-53

combined with RIDA) B

Afr.

AG Amtsgericht Ger

AGBG Gesetz zur Regelung des Rechts der Allgemeinen

Geschäftsbedingungen Ger

AHDE Anuario de historia del derecho espanol E

AJ Acting Judge

AJA Acting judge of Appeal

Alex. Scv. Alexander Severus

Aleyn Aleyn's Reports, King's Bench Eng

Alf. Al fen us

All ER All England Law Reports Eng

Anna/i Bart Annali della Facolta di Giurisprudenza dell' Univer­

sità di Bari 1

Anna/f Catania Annali del Setninario Guiridico dell' Università di

Catania I

Aimali Palermo Annali del Seminario Giuridico dell' Università di

Palermo I

anon. anonymous

ANRW JIn/if if (j und Niedergang der rb'mischen Welt,

Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forsclutng (ed. H. Temporini, W. Haase, pp. 1972 sqq.) Ger

Ant. Antoninus

App DC Appeal Cases, District of Columbia USA

Arcad. Arcadius

arg. argument

art., Art. article

am., Artt. articles

A*A^S Aulus Agerius

Aug. Augustus

Aus Australia

Awsira/fon LJ Australian Law Journal Aus

B Belgium

B & Aid Barncwall and Alderson's Reports, King's Bench Eng

B & S Best & Smith's Reports, Queen's Bench Eng

B. C. before Christ

BAGE Entscheidungen des Bundesarbeitsgerichts Ger

BGB Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch Ger

BGBl Bundesgesetzblatt

BGH Bun desgericht shot" Ger

BGHZ Entscheidungcn des Bundesgerichtshofs in

Zivilsachen Ger

BIDR Bitlletitw delllstituto di diritto romano I

Bing Bingham's Reports, Common Fleas Eng

Bins? (NC) Bingham's New Cases, Common Picas Eng

Black W William Blackstone's Reports.

Common Pleas Eng

Boston University LR Boston University Law Review USA

Bpk. Beperk (= Limited)

Buch Buchanan's Reports SA

Buch AC Buchanan's Appeal Cases, Cape Appeal Court SA

Burr Burrow's Reports, King's Bench Eng

Butterworth's South

African LR Butterworth's South African Law Review SA

BVerfC. Bundesverfassimgsgcricht Ger

BVerfGE Entscheidungcn des Bundesverfassungsgcrichts Or

BW Burgerlijk Wctboek

_c Cape Provincial Division SA

e Codex lustinianus

c. canon (Corpus Juris Canonici)

CA Court of Appeal En_B

California LR California Law Rexlew USA

Call. Calli stratus

Cambridge L] Cambridge Law Journal Eng

Camp Campbolls's Reports Nisi prius Eng

Can Canada

Can. Canon (Codex Juris Cononici)

Cap., cap. Caput

Carac. Caracalla

Cases T. Talbot Cases in Equity temp. Talbot Eng

Cass. Cassius

CB Chief Baron; Common Bench Reports Eng

CB (NS) Common Bench Reports (New Series) Eng

c.c. code civil Fr

CCC Constitutio Criminalis Carolina

Cels. Cclsus

cf. conier

Ch Law Reports. Chancery Division E»K

CH Switzerland

Ch. reun. Cour de Cassation, Chambres reunies Fr

chap. chapter

ChD Chancery Division; Law Reports Chancery Divi­

sion Eng

Ciha The Comparative and International Law Journal of

Southern Africa S A

cj Chief Justice

CLR Commonwealth Law Reports Aus

Cmnd. Command Papers, 5th series Eng

Co Rep Coke's Reports Eng

Co. Company

Cod. Codex

col. column

Coll. Mosaicarum et Romanarum legum collatio

Columbia LR Columbia Law Review USA

Concl. Conclusio

Cons. Consilium

Const. Constantinus; Constitutio

Cowp Cowper's Reports, King's Bench Eng

Cox Cox's Equity Cases Eng

CP Law Reports, Common Pleas Eng

CPD Reports of the Cape Provincial Division SA

Cro Jac Crake's Reports temp. James!., King's Bench and

Common Pleas Eng

CT Codex Theodosianus

D Dunlop, Court of Session Cases (Scotland);

Durban and Coastal Local Division (South Africa)

D & R Dowling & Rylands's Reports, King's Bench Eng

IX Digesta

DC Cir District of Columbia Court of Appeal Cases USA

Dec-.

Diocl. Diocletianus

Disp. Disputatio

Dist. Distinctio

Dougl Douglas' Reports, King's Bench Eng

Dr & Sm Drewry and Smale's Reports, Chancery Eng

E Spain

EI First draft of the German Civil Code (BGH) Ger

' "^£ tor example

East East's Reports, King's Bench Eng

ED Fjuidopedia del diritto 1

ed., eds. edition, editor; editions, editors

EDC Reports of the Eastern Districts Court ot the Cape

of Good Hope SA

EDL Reports of the Eastern Districts Local Division SA

Ednis. Eiendoms (— Proprietary)

Edw Edward Eng

EheG. Ehegesetz Ger

Eins. Eiendoms (— Proprietary)

El & Bl Ellis and Blackburn's Reports, Queen's Bench Eng

Eng England

Eq Equity Reports; Equity Cases Eng

esp. especially

Ex D Law Reports. Exchequer Division Eng

Exch Exchequer; Law Reports Exchequer Eng

Exerc. Exercitatio

F Federal Reporter USA

F2d Federal Reporter. 2nd Series USA

FC Federal Supreme Court of Southern

Rhodesia ZB

FIRA. vol. Ill yantes Juris Romani Attteiustiniatii. Pars tertia,

Negotia (cd. V. Arangio-Ruiz), 2nd ed., 1972

Flor. Florentinus

Foord Foord's Reports, Cape Supreme Court SA

Fr France

Fr. vat. Fragmenta vaticana

Gai. Gaius

Gall. Gallienus

Ger Germany

GG Grundgesetz Ger

gl- glossa

Gord. Gordianus

GriinhZ Zeitschrift fur das Privat- und OffentHche Recht der

Gegenwart Ger

H Greece

H& C Hurlstone & Coltman's Reports, Exchequer Eng

H Bl Henry Blackstone's Reports, Common

Fleas Eng

Harvard LR Harvard Law Review USA

Hastings International

and Comparative

LR Hastings International and Comparative Law Review USA

HCG Reports of the High Court of Griqualand SA

Herroii. Hermogeniaims

HL House of Lords UK

HLC Clark's Reports, House of Lords Eng

HRG Handworterbuch zur deutschen

Rechtsgeschichte (see bibliography)

Italy

I Itp. Index Interpolationum

i.e. id est

i'f· in fine

lav.

ibia. ibidem

Imp. Imperator

Impp. Imperatores

Index Index, Quaderni camerti di studi romanistici I

Just. Institutiones Justiniani

itp. interpolated

lul. lulianus

Jura Rivista internazionale di diritto romano e antico I

J

JA Judge of Appeal

Jhjb Jherings Jahrbücher fir die Dogmatik des bürgerlichen

Rechts Ger

JJP The Journal of Juristic Papyroiogy P

JP Judge President

JRS Journal of Roman Studies Eng

Juridical Review The Juridical Review Sc

Just. Justinian

King's Bench; Law Reports King's Bench

Division Eng

Kammergericht Ger

KG

Klio Klio, Beitrage zur alten Geschichte Ger

Lab. Labeo

Labeo Labeo, Rassegna di diritlo romano I

LC Lord Chancellor Eng

Ld Raym Lord Raymond's Reports, King's Bench and

Common Pleas Eng

LG Landgericht Ger

Lib. Liber

Lie. Ruf. Licinnius Rums

LJ Lord justice Eng

loc. eit. loco citato

LQR Law Quarterly Review Eng

LRtLK Law Reports; Law Review Eng

LT Law Times Reports Eng

Ltd. Limited

M & W Meeson & Welsby's Reports, Exchequer Eng

Macc. Maecianus

Marc. Marcellus

Marei. Marcianus

Max. Maximinianus

McGill LJ McGill Law Journal Can

Menz Menzies' Reports SA

Michigan LR Michigan Law Review USA

Mod Rep Modem Reports Eng

Mod. Modestinus

Modem LR Modern Law Review Eng

MR Master of the Rolls

N Natal Provincial Division SA

n., nn. note, notes

n.d. no date

NE North Eastern Reporter USA

Nelson Nelsons's Chancery Reports Eng

Ner. Neratius

NL The Netherlands

NLR Natal Law Reports SA

Nov. Novellae lustiniani

NPD Reports of the Natal Provincial

Division SA

NRH Nouvelle revue historique de droit francais et etranger Fr

Numerius Negidius

NY New York Reports USA

O 6 Orange Free State Provincial Division SA

OLG op. Austria

cit. OPD Oberlandesgcricht Ger

opere citato

OR Reports of the Orange Free State Provincial

Division SA

Official Reports of the High Court of the South

African Republic (South Africa); Schweiz­erisches Obligationenrecht (CH)

Poland

p..

Pap. Papinianus

Paulus

Sent. Pauli Scntcntiac

Paul. Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Paul Prentice Hal!. Weekly Legal Service SA

PC Pomponius

PH pnncipiuni

Pomp. Preus sis dies Allgemeines Landrecht Ger

pr. Proculus

Pr ALR Pro toko He

Proc. Proprietary

Prot. Private (Company)

Queens Bench; Law Reports Queen's Bench

Division Eng

QB Queensland Reports Aus

Quacstio Quintus

Qd Mucins

Quaest. Rettie, Court of Session Cases (Scotland); Rhode-

Quint. Muc. _sia

R Rhodesia

Rhodesia and Nyasaland Law Reports ZB

R Zeitschrift für ausländisches and internationales Pri-

R & N vatrecht Ger

RabelsZ Rhodesian Apellate Division ZB

Paitlys Rcalencyclopddie tier classischett Altcrt t ttnswis-

RAD setudiaf: (G. Wissowa, W. Kroli, K. Mittclhaus,

K. Ziegler, 1893 sqq.)

Entscheidungen des Rcchtsgcrichts in Zivilsachen Ger

Revue historiejue de droitfraticais etHranger Fr

Revue hellenique de droit international H

Rheinisdie Zeitschrift fur Xiuil- und Prozessrecht Ger

Revue Internationale des droit de I'antiqnitc B

KncmZ. :j_s[a j_taij_anap_er j_e science giuridirfte I

RIDA Rcchtshistorisches Journal Ger

RISC

Roscoe's Reports, Cape Supreme Court SA

Rubbd & Ryan's Crown Cases Reserved Eng

Roscoe Russ n _n section, sections

& Rv.

sub voce

South Africa; South African Law Reports SA

Sabinus

SA South African Law Journal SA

Sab· Salkeld's Reports, King's Bench Eng

SAL} Reports of the High Court of the South African

Salkeld Republic SA

SAR Scotland senates consulmm; Session cases (Scotland);

Cape

Supreme Court (South Africa)

SC Scaevola

Stadia et doaimenta historiae el iuris I

•’^cacv· Septirmus Severus

SDHI Sept. Servius Sulpicius Rufus

Sev. Scrv.

Snip.

Scuff A Seufferts Archiv fur Entscheidungen dor obersten

deutbehen Staaten Ger

sq., sqq.

SR Reports of the High Court of Southern Rhodesia ZB

Stanford LR Stanford Law Review USA

StGB Strafgesetzbuch Ger

Suppl. Suppiementum

SWA South-West Africa Provincial Division; Reports

of the High Court of South West Africa SA

T Transvaal Provincial Division SA

Tab. Here. Tabulae Herculancnses

Tennessee LR Tennessee Law Review USA

Ter. Cl. Terentius Clemens

TH Reports of the Witwatersrand High Court SA

Theod. Theodosius

THRHR TydskriJ vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg SA

Tit. Titulus

TLR Times Law Reports Eng

Tothill To thill's Transactions in Chancery Eng

TPD Reports of the Transvaal Provincial Division SA

TR Tijdschrift voor rechtsgeschiedenis NL

Tract. Tractatus

trans. translated

Tryph. Tryphoninus

TS Reports of the Transvaal Supreme Court SA

TSAR Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg SA

Tulane LR Tulane Law Review USA

UE Tituli ex corpore Ulpiani (Ulpiani epitome)

UK United Kingdom

Ulp. Uipianus

University oj British

Columbia LR University of British Columbia Law Review Can

University of Califor­

nia at Los Angeles

LR University of California at Los Angeles Law Review USA

University of Chicago

LR University of (Chicago Law Review USA

University of Toronto

LR University of Toronto Law Review Can

US Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court in the

United States of America USA

USA United States of America

Vai. Valentinianus

Vai. Max. Valerius Maximus

vat. see Fr. vat.

VC Vice Chancellor Eng

vd. vide

Ven. Venuleius

Viv. Vivianus

viz. videlicet

vol., vols. volume, volumes

W Witwatcrsrand Local Division SA

Wheat Wheaton's Supreme Court Reports USA

Wils G. Wilson's Reports, King's Bench and Common

Picas Eng SA

WLD Reports of the Witwatersrand Local Division Eng Can

WLR Weekly Law Reports USA

WLR (Canada) Western Law Reporter p_ng

Yale LJ Yale Law Journal zb

YB Year Books

Z Zimbabwe, Supreme Court

ZB Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Ger

ZHR Zeitschrift fur das gesamte Handehrecht und ZB

Wirtschaftsrecht Ger

Zimbabwe LJ Zimbabwe Law Journal Ger

ZNR Zeitschrift fur neuere Rechts ge schichte

ZPO Zivilprozessordnung Ger

ZSS Zeitschrift der Sctvigny-Stijhtng fiir Rcditsgeschichte

(romanistische Abteilung) Ger

ZSS (GA) Zeitsdtrift der Sarigny-Stiftung fiir Rechtsgeschichte

(germanistische Abteilung) Ger

ZSS (KA) Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung fiir Rechtsgeschidite Ger

(kanonistische Abteilung) Ger

ZS t r W Zeitschrift fiir die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft

ZStW Zeitschriftfiir die gesamte Staaiswissenschaft