Remove italics from common Latin
Style note2Federal courts21st and 22nd editions
Latin that recurs in legal writing — res judicata, prima facie, habeas corpus, en banc — reads as ordinary English and is set plain; only long, obsolete or uncommon Latin stays italicized.1
- 1B7 Italicization for Style and in Unique Circumstances; R. 7(b) Foreign words and phrases.
- 2A style note: the rule in note 1 allows both forms and prefers one.