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Citation rules/Structure and signals/1.3 Order of Signals

Move the signals into order

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

Within one citation the authorities run in a fixed order: no signal, e.g., accord, see, see also, cf., compare…with…, contra, but see, but cf., see generally.1

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  1. 1R. 1.3 Order of Signals; B1.2 Introductory Signals. Tables: R. 1.2 Introductory Signals.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousUse “Compare” for this signalNextReplace the period with a semicolon

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  1. Add an explanatory parenthetical
  2. Add an explanatory parenthetical
  3. Add the comma that closes the clause
  4. Capitalize “Id.” only at a sentence head
  5. Move the footnote call number
  6. Move the signals into order
  7. Replace the period with a semicolon
  8. Replace the semicolon with a period
  9. Use a period before a negative signal

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More in Structure and signals

  1. Add an explanatory parenthetical
  2. Add an explanatory parenthetical
  3. Add the comma that closes the clause
  4. Capitalize “Id.” only at a sentence head
  5. Move the footnote call number
  6. Move the signals into order
  7. Replace the period with a semicolon
  8. Replace the semicolon with a period
  9. Use a period before a negative signal

Back to Structure and signals

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