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Citation rules/Tables/T13 Institutional Names in Periodical Titles

Remove the comma from the periodical name

Error²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

An abbreviated periodical name carries no comma, though every other mark it carries — an ampersand, a period, an exclamation point — stays as printed.¹

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1T13 Institutional Names in Periodical Titles; R. 16.4 Consecutively Paginated Journals.
2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.

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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
Remove the comma from the periodical name
Use "IMF" for the fund survey's title
Use the chapter number

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
Remove the comma from the periodical name
Use "IMF" for the fund survey's title
Use the chapter number

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