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Citation rules/Foreign materials/20.7 Short Citation Forms

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Style note²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A foreign statute already cited in full is cited by a short form afterwards, which keeps its name or number and the subdivision.¹

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1R. 20.7(c) Statutes. Tables: R. 12.10 Short Forms for Statutes; R. 20.2.3 Abbreviations in Languages Other than English.
2A style note: the rule in note 1 allows both forms and prefers one.

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