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Citation rules/Statutes/12.9 Special Citation Forms

Abbreviate the Model Rules' appended material

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

Commentary appended to the Model Rules or the Model Code carries the table's abbreviation after the rule, canon or consideration it belongs to.1

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  1. 1R. 12.9.5 ABA Code of Professional Responsibility and Opinions on Ethics. Tables: T16 Subdivisions.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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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. Add the date of adoption

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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. Add the date of adoption

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