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Noun

col.

  1. (law) Abbreviation of column.
  2. Abbreviation of colonel.
  3. Abbreviation of colour.

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of column as used in legal citation. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Subdivisions", Table T16, p. 472-73.

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