Det.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "det"

English

Noun

Det.

  1. (law) Abbreviation of detention.
  2. (law, law enforcement) Abbreviation of detective.

Usage notes

  • 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.

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