cf.

cf. definition - legal

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
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 Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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