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Citation rules/Tables/T2.6 Canada

Use round parentheses for the year

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A Canadian citation gives its two years different delimiters: the reporter year keeps the square brackets, and a differing year of decision leads the citation in round parentheses.1

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  1. 1T2.6 Canada.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousRemove the repeated year of decisionNextUse the Spanish party separator

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  1. Abbreviate the bureau’s name
  2. Abbreviate the ruling series
  3. Add the article number
  4. Add the case number
  5. Add the province to the parenthetical
  6. Move the neutral citation first
  7. Remove the repeated year of decision
  8. Use round parentheses for the year
  9. Use the chapter number

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More in Tables

  1. Abbreviate the bureau’s name
  2. Abbreviate the ruling series
  3. Add the article number
  4. Add the case number
  5. Add the province to the parenthetical
  6. Move the neutral citation first
  7. Remove the repeated year of decision
  8. Use round parentheses for the year
  9. Use the chapter number

Back to Tables

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