List of Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Full word |
| adapt. | adapted. |
| addit. | additional |
| Agric. | Agriculture. |
| alt. | altered, alteration. |
| am. | amend, amended, amendment. |
| appl. | applied. |
| applic. | applicable, application. |
| appt. | appoint. |
| Art, art(s). | Article, article(s). |
| B.O.H. | Board of Health. |
| Bd. | Board. |
| Boro. | Borough. |
| c., ch(s). | chapter(s). |
| cert. | certain, certificate. |
| cesser. | cessation |
| Cir. Ct. | Circuit Court. |
| circs. | circumstances. |
| cl. | clause. |
| co. | county. |
| Co. Regr. | County Registrar. |
| col. | column, council. |
| Commn. | Commission. |
| Commrs. | Commissioners. |
| condn. | condition. |
| conds. | conditions |
| conseq. | consequential. |
| constr. | construed, construction. |
| cont. | continue |
| contrib. | contribution. |
| Corp. | Corporation. |
| Ct., ct(s). | Court, court(s). |
| ctd. | continued. |
| ctnc. | continuance |
| Cttee. | Committee. |
| D.A.T.I. | Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. |
| def. | defined, definition. |
| del. | deleted. |
| Dept. | Department. |
| dirs. | directions |
| disctd. | discontinued. |
| dissol. | dissolution, dissolved. |
| Dist. Ct. | District Court. |
| div. | division. |
| doc(s). | document(s) |
| E. | England. |
| E.C.O. | Executive Council Order. |
| E.I.D. (No.-) O. | Emergency Imposition of Duties (No.-) Order, made under Emergency Imposition of Duties Act, 1932 (No. 16). |
| E.S.B. | Electricity Supply Board. |
| educ. | education. |
| est. | established |
| exc. | except. |
| excl. | excluded, exclusion. |
| Exec. Col. | Executive Council of Saorstát Éireann. |
| exempt. | exemption. |
| ext. | extended, extension. |
| Fin. | Finance. |
| functn(s). | function(s) |
| G. S. | Garda Síochána. |
| genly. | generally. |
| H. Ct. | High Court. |
| Hosp. | Hospital. |
| I. | Ireland. |
| I.D. (No.-) O. | Imposition of Duties (No.-) Order, made under Imposition of Duties Act, 1957 (No. 7) |
| inc. | increase |
| incd. | increased. |
| incorp. | incorporated, incorporation. |
| ins. | inserted |
| instrs. | instruments. |
| juris. | jurisdiction. |
| loc. auth. | local authority. |
| Min. | Minister. |
| misc. | miscellaneous. |
| mnf. | manufacture. |
| mod. | modified, modification, modify. |
| mods. | modifications |
| N.I. | Northern Ireland. |
| ness. | necessary |
| no., nos. | number, numbers. |
| o., oo. | order, orders. |
| op. | operation |
| O. in C. | Order in colonies. |
| P. & T. | Posts and Telegraphs. |
| P. (as in 1P/1926) | Private Act, of number and year indicated. |
| par(s).para(s). | paragraph(s) |
| Parl., parl. | Parliament, parliamentary. |
| perm. | permanent. |
| prohib. | prohibited. |
| prosp. | prospectively. |
| prov. | proviso, provisionally. |
| provn(s). | provision(s). |
| Pt., pt., pts. | Part, part, parts. |
| purp., purps. | purpose, purposes. |
| r./rep. | repealed. |
| R. of Ct. | Rule of Court. |
| R.I.C. | Royal Irish Constabulary. |
| ref., refs. | reference, references. |
| reg., regs. | regulation, regulations. |
| req. | requirement |
| retro. | retrospective, retrospectively. |
| Rev. Commrs. | Revenue Commissioners. |
| Rl., rl(s). | Rule, rule(s). |
| rly. | railway. |
| rstrct. | restricted. |
| S. | Scotland. |
| s., ss. | section, sections. |
| Secy.of S. | Secretary of State. |
| S.I. | Statutory Instrument. |
| S.O. | Standing Order. |
| S.R. & O. | Statutory Rules and Orders series. |
| sch., schs. | schedule, schedules. |
| Spec. | Specified, Specification |
| Spec. Crim. Ct. | Special Criminal Court. |
| subpar(s). subpara(s). |
subparagraph(s) |
| subsec(s.) | subsection(s) |
| substit. | substitute, substituted. |
| supers. | superseded. |
| susp. | suspend, suspended. |
| temp. | temporary, temporarily. |
| term. | terminate, terminated. |
| trans. | transfer, transferred. |
| transit. | transitional. |
| U.K. | United Kingdom. |
| vest. | vested, vesting. |
| virt. | virtually. |
| voc. | vocational. |