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Citation rules/Titles of officials

Titles of officials.

Judges, justices, and the titles that take a capital.

6 rules.

  • 9(a)Shorten the judge's name
  • 9(a)Use the abbreviation in the credit
  • 9(a)Use the judge’s office abbreviation
  • 9(a)Use the judge’s title abbreviation
  • 9(a)Use the official’s title abbreviation
  • 9(b)Move the Chief Justice first

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Also in this part of the book: Structure and signals, Typeface conventions, Subdivisions and pincites, Short forms and id., Quotations, Abbreviations and numbers, Capitalisation.

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