#15491 - List Of Abbreviations - International Commercial Law

List of Abbreviations

A agent

aot as opposed to

B buyer

BE Bills of Exchange

BoL Bill of Lading

B2C business to consumer

circs. circumstances

CMA Competition and Markets Authority

Co./Cos. company / companies

condts. conditions

D defendant

DC documentary credit

devt. development

Drs distributors

DU dominant undertaking

E&W England and Wales

esp. especially

FM force majeure

govt. government

HoTs Heads of Terms

if poss. if possible

indl. individual

info information

IC Information Commissioner

ICC International Chamber of Commerce

IP intellectual property

ISSPs information society service providers’

LoI Letters of Intent

misrep. misrepresentation

MoU Memorandum of Understanding

MS Member State

oblig. obligation

P principal

PA public authority

PI personal injury

Ps parties

rble/rbly/rbleness reasonable / reasonably / reasonableness

regd./regn. registered / registration

rep. reputation

resp. respectively

ROT retention of title

RFI request for information

S seller

shld should

SoS Secretary of State

sthg something

T&Cs terms and conditions

TiB trustee in bankruptcy

TP third party

TU trade union

UCP Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (

unrble. unreasonable

w/ with

w/in within

w/out without

wrt with respect to

yrs years

List of Treaties and Legislation

BEA Bills of Exchange Act 1882

CA Competition Act 1998

CISG United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) 1980

CRA Consumer Rights Act 2015

DPA Data Protection Act 1998

FOIA Freedom of Information Act 2000

FSMA Financial...