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Citation rules/Statutes/12.9 Special Citation Forms

Use the year of the code

Style note2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A codified ordinance is dated to the year of the code it is cited to, chosen as the year of any statutory code is chosen.1

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  1. 1R. 12.9.2 Ordinances; R. 12.3.2 Year of Code.
  2. 2A style note: the rule in note 1 allows both forms and prefers one.
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  1. Abbreviate a restatement's appended material
  2. Abbreviate the act's title
  3. Abbreviate the city
  4. Abbreviate the committee's name
  5. Abbreviate the guidelines' appended material
  6. Abbreviate the institutional author
  7. Abbreviate the Model Rules' appended material
  8. Abbreviate the state
  9. Use the year of the code

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More in 12.9 Special Citation Forms

  1. Abbreviate a restatement's appended material
  2. Abbreviate the act's title
  3. Abbreviate the city
  4. Abbreviate the committee's name
  5. Abbreviate the guidelines' appended material
  6. Abbreviate the institutional author
  7. Abbreviate the Model Rules' appended material
  8. Abbreviate the state
  9. Use the year of the code

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