Abbreviate the subdivision
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A constitution's subdivisions are cited in the abbreviated forms table T16 lists, and a section takes the section symbol: “U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 2”, not “U.S. Const. amendment XIV, section 2”.1
- Wrong
- U.S. Const. amendment XIV, section 2
- Right
- U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 2
- 1R. 11 Constitutions; R. 22.2.1(a) In general; B22.2 Tribal Nations Without an Established Citation Format. Tables: T16 Subdivisions; R. 6.2(c) Section (§) and paragraph (¶) symbols.
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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