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English
Noun
Ref.
- (law) Abbreviation of refining.
- (law) Abbreviation of referee. (title)
Usage notes
This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in legal citation. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431; "Judges and Officials", Table T11, p. 443.
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