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Citation rules/Tables/T2.46 United Kingdom

Add the year of the act

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A citation to a United Kingdom act of Parliament states the year it was enacted, in the act's short title or, where the title carries none, in a parenthetical at the end of the citation, before the jurisdiction's own.1

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  1. 1T2.46 United Kingdom; T2.43 United Kingdom. Tables: T10.3 Countries and Regions.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousAdd the law term or plea numberNextAdd the year or the volume number

More in T2.46 United Kingdom

  1. Add the "appeal taken from" parenthetical
  2. Add the jurisdiction to the act's title
  3. Add the jurisdiction to the statute's title
  4. Add the law term or plea number
  5. Add the year of the act
  6. Add the year or the volume number
  7. Use round parentheses for the year
  8. Use square brackets for the year
  9. Use square brackets for the year

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More in T2.46 United Kingdom

  1. Add the "appeal taken from" parenthetical
  2. Add the jurisdiction to the act's title
  3. Add the jurisdiction to the statute's title
  4. Add the law term or plea number
  5. Add the year of the act
  6. Add the year or the volume number
  7. Use round parentheses for the year
  8. Use square brackets for the year
  9. Use square brackets for the year

Back to Tables

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