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Citation rules/Constitutions/11 Constitutions

Remove one of the two years

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A constitution no longer in effect is cited by its year of adoption, and a second year in parentheses belongs there only where the provision cited entered that constitution in a different year.1

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  1. 1R. 11 Constitutions.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousAdd the publisher before the databaseNextRemove the date parenthetical

More in 11 Constitutions

  1. Abbreviate the entity's name
  2. Abbreviate the jurisdiction
  3. Abbreviate the subdivision
  4. Add or remove the comma after “Const.”
  5. Add the database's “through” date
  6. Add the publisher before the database
  7. Remove one of the two years
  8. Remove the date parenthetical
  9. Use “id.” for the second citation

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More in 11 Constitutions

  1. Abbreviate the entity's name
  2. Abbreviate the jurisdiction
  3. Abbreviate the subdivision
  4. Add or remove the comma after “Const.”
  5. Add the database's “through” date
  6. Add the publisher before the database
  7. Remove one of the two years
  8. Remove the date parenthetical
  9. Use “id.” for the second citation

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