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Citation rules/Looseleaf services/19.1 Citation Form for Services

Add the exact date of enactment

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A statute cited to a service is dated by the day it was enacted, not by the year alone, unless another part of the citation already gives that day.1

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  1. 1R. 19.1(d) Date; R. 19.1 Citation Form for Services. Tables: R. 12.4(a) Name; R. 12.4(e) Year or date.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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  1. Abbreviate the publisher's name
  2. Abbreviate the service's title
  3. Add brackets around the spine subtitle
  4. Add the court or the exact date
  5. Add the database's identifier
  6. Add the exact date of enactment
  7. Add the years the binder covers
  8. Move the date after the subdivision
  9. Remove italics from the service title

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More in 19.1 Citation Form for Services

  1. Abbreviate the publisher's name
  2. Abbreviate the service's title
  3. Add brackets around the spine subtitle
  4. Add the court or the exact date
  5. Add the database's identifier
  6. Add the exact date of enactment
  7. Add the years the binder covers
  8. Move the date after the subdivision
  9. Remove italics from the service title

Back to Looseleaf services

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