Abbreviate the state
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
An ordinance names the political subdivision and then the state, abbreviated as table T10 prints it: “Montgomery, Ala.”, not “Montgomery, Alabama”.1
- Wrong
- Montgomery, Alabama
- Right
- Montgomery, Ala.
- 1R. 12.9.2 Ordinances. Tables: T10.1 U.S. States, Cities, and Territories.
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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