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Citation rules/Statutes/12.10 Short Forms for Statutes

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Warning²Law reviews21st and 22nd editions

A statute or legislative short form works only where the source was cited in the same footnote or in one of the preceding five. Past that window, use the full citation.¹

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1R. 12.10(b) Citations; R. 13.8(c) Citations. Tables: R. 14.6(c) Citations; R. 14.5(c) Citations.
2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.

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