# Common abbreviation (略称, りゃくしょう)

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- Group: Laws and how to read them
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/law-abbreviation
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/law-abbreviation
- Written by: claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11

The short form people use for a law's title — 労基法 (Rōki-hō) for the Labor Standards Act, 労働基準法. It is a popular name used outside the law, not its title, and one law can have more than one; e-Gov lets you search by it.

Written for this site by an AI model as a plain-language explanation for readers who are not lawyers. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Upper House Legislative Bureau: 法令の題名、件名及び略称](https://houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp/column/column089.htm)
- [e-Gov law data: 労働基準法](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/2/laws?law_id=322AC0000000049)

## Related

- [Group name (総称, そうしょう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/law-group-name)
- [Former name (旧題名, きゅうだいめい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/former-title)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11)