The word Street or Avenue as part of a name is not abbreviated even in parentheses, footnotes, sidenotes, tables, lists, and leaderwork.
- 14th Street Bridge
- Ninth Avenue Bldg.
The words County, Fort, Mount, Point, and Port are not abbreviated. Saint (St.) and Sainte (Ste.) should be abbreviated.
If fractions are spelled out in land descriptions, half and quarter are used (not one-half nor one-quarter).
south half of T. 47 N., R. 64 E.
In the description of tracts of public land the following abbreviations are used (periods are omitted after abbreviated compass directions that immediately precede and close up on figures):
- SE¼NW¼ sec. 4, T. 12 S., R. 15 E., of the Boise Meridian
- lot 6, NE¼ sec. 4, T. 6 N., R. 1 W.
- N½ sec. 20, T. 7 N., R. 2 W., sixth principal meridian
- Tps. 9, 10, 11, and 12 S., Rs. 12 and 13 W.
- T. 2 S., Rs. 8, 9, and 10 E., sec. 26
- T. 3 S., R. 1 E., sec. 34, W½E½, W½, and W½SE½SE½
- sec. 32 (with or without a township number)
In case of an unavoidable break in a land-description symbol group at end of a line, use no hyphen and break after fraction.
The following forms are not always abbreviations, and copy should be followed as to periods:
- Al
- Alex
- Ben
- Ed
- Fred
- Sam
- Walt
- Will
In signatures, an effort should be made to retain the exact form used by the signer.
- George Wythe
- Geo. Taylor
