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Abbreviations

§ 4.2; § 17.3; § 33.5

See also Short references

Case names and source identifiers§ 4.2; § 17.1

Introduced organizational names§ 45.7; § 46.7

Name desk: Organization words and entity suffixesND01

Name desk: Public bodies, units and officeholdersND02

Name desk: Words whose compact forms need extra contextND03

Short references§ 8.3

Source-assigned identifiers and private labels§ 45.2; § 46.7

Academic integrity

See also Artificial intelligence

Academic writing

§ 14.1; § 34.1

See also Journals; Research handoffs

Assignment requirements§ 2.1; § 34.1

Research and final presentation§ 34.2

Accessibility

§ 39.1; § 39.2

See also PDF files

Links and document structure§ 39.1; § 39.3

Acts

§ 9.2; § 20.2

See also Statutory versions

Administration

Name abbreviation and contextND02

Administrative decision

Administrative materials

See also Regulations

Agency decisions§ 10.5; § 22.4

Guidance documents§ 22.5

Manual explanations and reproduced rules§ 53.6

Public comment attribution and quotation§ 52.4

Publication and effective dates§ 10.3; § 22.3

Admissibility

§ 27.5; § 26.5

See also Evidence

Adopted future amendments

Receiving style: Distinguish publication, adoption, and effectivenessCD13

Advisory memoranda

§ 37.1; § 37.4

See also Transactional practice

Agency guidance or manual

Agency notice

Agency opinion letter

AI output as object of study

Aliases

Full source records and displayed names§ 48.3

Allegations

§ 11.1; § 26.5

See also Evidence

Complaint allegation versus delivery fact§ 54.4

Separating assertion and evidenceE10

Ambiguous abbreviations

Lookup: Court names that lose meaning when shortened too farAT04

Amended or superseding opinion

Amendment to agreement

Amendments

§ 9.3; § 10.3

See also Statutory versions

Contracts§ 25.5

Judicial opinions§ 18.4

Local enactments§ 24.2

Proposed text, recorded vote, and resulting bill§ 51.6

Annual CFR provision

Antecedents

See also Short references

Immediate-reference forms§ 8.2

Appellate appendix

Appendices

§ 11.2; § 36.4

See also Record citations

Federal appellate requirementsP02

Lookup: A completed record-to-appendix crosswalkAT15

Reassembly and verification§ 11.5; § 16.3

Reassembly without changing original locators§ 54.7

Appendix copies

Receiving style: Distinguish a source citation, a required copy, and a record attachmentCD10

Arbitration

Lookup: Treaties, international institutions and arbitral texts: identify the right objectAT24

Archival item

Archival materials

See also Historical sources

Catalog description without inspected item§ 56.3

Custodians and collections§ 28.1

Item and repository hierarchy§ 56.1

Leaf and verso locators§ 56.2

Originals and reproductions§ 28.2

Stable identity after repository changes§ 56.8

Archived sources

Lookup: Web and archive objects: locate the representation you actually usedAT17

Archived web capture

Argument preparation

§ 35.1; § 35.5

See also Oral argument

Article-number publication

Artificial intelligence

§ 30.5; § 40.2

See also Automation

Associates

Name abbreviation and contextND01

Association

Name abbreviation and contextND01

Attribution

§ 4.3; § 21.2; § 29.1

See also Separate opinions

Audio or video evidence

Authored book

Authority

Name abbreviation and contextND02

Authority matrices

See also Propositions

Authors

Chapter authors and collection editors§ 48.2

Institutional credit and historical names§ 48.2; § 48.5

No stated author§ 48.2

Automation

Ch. 15; § 40.2

See also Metadata; Verification

Checks that can fail§ 15.4; § 40.3

Measured comparisons§ 40.4; W12