Use square brackets for the year
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
An Appeal Cases citation puts the year in square brackets, not round parentheses, when a volume number stands between them, because the year is what tells the reader which volume to open.1
- 1T2.46 United Kingdom; T2.43 United Kingdom. Tables: T2.46.1 England and Wales; T2.46.2 Northern Ireland (and Ireland Until 1924); T2.43.1 England and Wales; T2.43.2 Northern Ireland (and Ireland Until 1924).
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
More in T2.46 United Kingdom
- Add the "appeal taken from" parenthetical
- Add the jurisdiction to the act's title
- Add the jurisdiction to the statute's title
- Add the law term or plea number
- Add the year of the act
- Add the year or the volume number
- Use round parentheses for the year
- Use square brackets for the year
- Use square brackets for the year