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abbr. Compare. In legal citation, a direction to the reader to review a cited authority in which an explanatory or an analogous (but supportive) proposition might be found.@ but cf.but cf. In legal citation, a direction to the reader to review a cited authority in which a analogous (but contradictory) proposition might be found.@
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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An abbreviation for the Latin word confer, meaning "compare."
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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An abbreviation for the Latin word confer, meaning "compare."
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.