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Citation rules/Tables/T2.16 Hong Kong

Abbreviate the case name

Warning²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

Hong Kong's own table page adopts the American case-name abbreviations for an English-language citation, so a listed word is abbreviated there as it would be in a domestic name, apart from a United Kingdom exception.¹

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1T2.16 Hong Kong. Tables: T6 Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations.
2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.

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Abbreviate the bureau’s name
Abbreviate the case 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
Use the chapter number

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