Det.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "det"
English edit
Noun edit
Det.
- (law) Abbreviation of detention.
- (law, law enforcement) Abbreviation of detective.
Usage notes edit
This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. 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.