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Citation rules/Administrative materials/14.6 Short Forms for Regulations

Use the short text form

Warning2Law reviews21st and 22nd editions

A sentence of footnote text that names a regulation uses the same short text form; the full citation belongs in a citation clause or sentence of its own.1

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  1. 1R. 14.6(b) Footnote text; R. 14.5(b) Footnote text. Tables: R. 2.2(b) Footnote text.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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  1. Abbreviate the agency periodical's name
  2. Add the C.F.R. edition year
  3. Add the commenter's name
  4. Add the date of publication
  5. Add the opinion letter's date
  6. Add the petition cite's missing element
  7. Add the volume or page number
  8. Use the short text form
  9. Use the short text form

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More in Administrative materials

  1. Abbreviate the agency periodical's name
  2. Add the C.F.R. edition year
  3. Add the commenter's name
  4. Add the date of publication
  5. Add the opinion letter's date
  6. Add the petition cite's missing element
  7. Add the volume or page number
  8. Use the short text form
  9. Use the short text form

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