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Citation rules/Subdivisions and pincites

Subdivisions and pincites.

Pages, sections, paragraphs, footnotes, and the ranges that join them.

35 rules on 5 pages of the book.

In this chapter

3.1Volumes, Parts, and Supplements3
3.2Pages, Footnotes, Endnotes, and Graphical Materials16
3.3Sections and Paragraphs13
3.4Appended Material1
3.5Internal Cross-References2

3.1Volumes, Parts, and Supplements

3.1(a)Add brackets around the volume designation
3.1(a)Use Arabic numerals for the volume
3.1(c)Use the correct supplement form

3.2Pages, Footnotes, Endnotes, and Graphical Materials

3.2(a)Add “at” before a Roman page
3.2(a)Add the pincite
3.2(a)Move the pincite before the date
3.2(a)Remove “p.” before the page
3.2(a)Remove the comma before “passim”
3.2(a)Replace the number list with a span
3.2(a)Replace the page list with a span
3.2(a)Replace the page list with a span
3.2(a)Replace the pincite or the first page
3.2(a)Shorten the page span
3.2(a)Shorten the page span
3.2(a)Use a dash to join the page span
3.2(b)Replace the comma with “&”
3.2(b)Use the footnote pincite form
3.2(d)Abbreviate the table or figure
3.2(d)Use commas and “&” for tables or figures

3.3Sections and Paragraphs

Remove “at” before a section symbol
Remove “at” before the paragraph symbol
Remove “at” before the symbol
3.3(a)Replace the decimal or the parentheses
3.3(a)Use the code's own section punctuation
3.3(b)Remove the extra “§”
3.3(b)Remove the second “§”
3.3(b)Replace “et seq.” with the section span
3.3(b)Replace “et seq.” with the section span
3.3(b)Replace the ambiguous dash with “to”
3.3(b)Use “§§” for more than one section
3.3(b)Use the full section span
3.3(c)Use “¶¶” for more than one paragraph

3.4Appended Material

Abbreviate appended material

3.5Internal Cross-References

Shorten the cross-reference span
Use the correct cross-reference direction

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Also in this part of the book: Structure and signals, Typeface conventions, Short forms and id., Quotations, Abbreviations and numbers, Capitalisation, Titles of officials.

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