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Citation rules/Tables/T9 Legislative Documents

Replace the abbreviation with "Annals"

Error²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

T9 lists a few words in full rather than as abbreviations, meaning those words are never shortened; "Annals" is one of them, so any shortened form of it is wrong.¹

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1T9 Legislative Documents. Tables: R. 13.5 Debates.
2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.

PreviousRemove the surplus word from the title

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More in Tables

Abbreviate the bureau’s name
Abbreviate the ruling series
Add the case number
Add the docket number and full date
Add the Federal Register cite or move Q&A
Add the letter's release date
Add the missing parenthetical
Replace the abbreviation with "Annals"
Use the chapter number

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