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Citation rules/Bluepages/B7 Italicization for Style and in Unique Circumstances

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

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  1. 1B7 Italicization for Style and in Unique Circumstances; R. 7(b) Foreign words and phrases.
  2. 2A style note: the rule in note 1 allows both forms and prefers one.
PreviousReplace the word with a numeralNextReplace the abbreviation with the title

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  1. Abbreviate the history phrase
  2. Abbreviate to "ex rel."
  3. Add a comma after the citation
  4. Add the pincite for each reporter
  5. Lowercase the signal
  6. Move the parenthetical after the date
  7. Remove italics from common Latin
  8. Remove the closing period
  9. Replace the period with a comma

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More in Bluepages

  1. Abbreviate the history phrase
  2. Abbreviate to "ex rel."
  3. Add a comma after the citation
  4. Add the pincite for each reporter
  5. Lowercase the signal
  6. Move the parenthetical after the date
  7. Remove italics from common Latin
  8. Remove the closing period
  9. Replace the period with a comma

Back to Bluepages

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