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Citation rules/Short forms and id.

Short forms and id..

When a short citation is allowed, and what “id.” may refer back to.

25 rules on 2 pages of the book.

In this chapter

4.1“Id.”6
4.2“Supra” and “Hereinafter”19

4.1“Id.”

Add the full citation
Remove the cross-reference or the “id.”
Use “id.” as the short form
Use a short form naming the authority
Use a short form that names the authority
Use plain punctuation after “Id.”

4.2“Supra” and “Hereinafter”

Remove the “hereinafter” registration
Use the authority's own short form
Use the case short form
4.2(a)Add a comma after the note number
4.2(a)Add a comma before “supra”
4.2(a)Add the footnote number to “supra”
4.2(a)Add the full citation behind the “supra”
4.2(a)Add the piece’s own author and title
4.2(a)Replace the footnote number or the note
4.2(a)Replace the note number or remove it
4.2(a)Shorten the name to the surname
4.2(a)Use the author's full name
4.2(b)Add “supra” after the short name
4.2(b)Add a “hereinafter” short form
4.2(b)Italicize the registered short name
4.2(b)Move the parenthetical after the bracket
4.2(b)Move the registration to the full citation
4.2(b)Remove the “hereinafter” bracket
4.2(b)Use "hereinafter" in brackets

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Also in this part of the book: Structure and signals, Typeface conventions, Subdivisions and pincites, Quotations, Abbreviations and numbers, Capitalisation, Titles of officials.

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