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Ref.

  1. (law) Abbreviation of refining.
  2. (law) Abbreviation of referee. (title)

Usage notes edit

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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