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Saint

Name abbreviation and contextND03

Schedule or exhibit to agreement

F061

Schedules, contract

§ 25.2

See also Contracts

Scientific literature

Ch. 27

See also Experts

Sealed records

Receiving style: Translate record coordinates without changing the evidenceCD08

Second Circuit

P04

See also Summary orders

Secondary sources

Ch. 12; Ch. 29

See also Books; Journals

Section symbols

Lookup: Numbers, symbols and ranges: completed transformations that preserve meaningAT23

Sections

Nested subdivisions and multiple symbols§ 47.3

Securities filing exhibit

F062

Separate opinions

§ 4.3; § 18.3

See also Concurrences; Dissents; Pluralities

Correcting attributionE02
Dissent attribution repair§ 49.5
Real-source anatomy: One printed page can contain two opinionsR03

Separate writings

Receiving style: Apply a complete, bounded conversion to a real source identityCD14

Service

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

Service of copies

P03; P04

See also Copy requirements

Services

Name abbreviation and contextND01

Session laws

§ 9.2; § 20.2

See also Enactments

Lookup: One enacted law, several identifiers: keep each coordinate in its systemAT07
Real-source anatomy: Session-law identity and the short-title provisionR09

Short case citation

F013

Short forms

Receiving style: Rebuild short forms when citations moveCD05

Short references

Ch. 8

See also Antecedents

Approved-name register and collisions§ 45.2; § 45.3
Backward resolution in the final document§ 45.8
Different opinions within one matter§ 45.3
Distinctive short names§ 8.3
Immediate antecedent§ 8.2
Intervening source repair§ 49.7
Similar names and moved antecedentsE04

Short titles

Real-source anatomy: Session-law identity and the short-title provisionR09

Short-form reconciliation

Receiving style: Build the authority table from the finished documentCD11

Signals

Ch. 6; § 33.2

See also Parentheticals

Additional support that adds information§ 42.3
Analogies and their limiting differences§ 42.6
Contrary sources and background discussion§ 42.8
Direct attribution versus inference§ 42.1; § 42.2
Group punctuation and capitalization§ 42.4
Multiple authorities§ 6.4
Source order and chronological tie breakers§ 42.5

Slip opinion

F003

Slip opinions

§ 4.4; § 18.1

See also Opinion versions

Snapshots

§ 15.3; § 15.5

See also Versions

Social media

§ 30.2

See also Web publications

Social-media post

F075

Software

§ 30.4

See also Data transformations

Software release

F079

Source attachment

Names integrated into prose§ 41.4
Separate rules, facts, and inferences§ 41.1; § 41.8

Source cards

§ 3.1; W01

See also Source packets

Source containers

Lookup: Identify the publication before choosing its citation formAT01

Source identity

§ 3.1; § 3.3

See also Identity checks

Receiving style: Apply a complete, bounded conversion to a real source identityCD14

Source packets

§ 3.4

See also Provenance

Inspected object and reproduction status§ 56.8

Source support

§ 1.2; § 6.5

See also Propositions

Specialist forums

Ch. 23

See also Bankruptcy; Immigration; Tax

Proceeding, document, and proposition searches§ 53.7

Spreadsheet analysis

F078

Standing or individual order

F046

Star pagination

§ 5.1; § 18.1

See also Pinpoints

State code provision

F023

State law

Ch. 24; State gateways

See also Jurisdictions

State session law

F024

Statewide court rule

F044

Statutes at Large

Receiving style: Preserve statutory version evidence when the display changesCD12

Statutory notes

§ 20.5

See also Codification

Statutory subdivisions

Lookup: Complete statutory pinpoints from the 2024 CodeAT06
Real-source anatomy: A statutory paragraph depends on its lead-inR07
Real-source anatomy: Do not invent a subsection to make a citation look preciseR08

Statutory versions

§ 9.3; Ch. 20; W06

See also Effective dates

Corrections to published text§ 50.7
Enactment and delayed effective dates§ 50.2
Historical transition clauseE06
Missing subdivision repairE07
Receiving style: Preserve statutory version evidence when the display changesCD12
Redesignated section numbers§ 50.3
Repeal and express savings provisions§ 50.5
Selecting the factual event that governs version choice§ 50.8
Subsection-level effective intervals§ 50.6
Uncodified transition clauses§ 50.4

Street

Name abbreviation and contextND03

Subdivisions

§ 9.4; § 20.4

See also Locators

Lookup: Roles, publication components and subdivisions: a compact house vocabularyAT21

Summary judgment

§ 26.5; P13

See also Evidence

Summary order

F006

Summary orders

P04

See also Unpublished decisions

Receiving style: Evaluate an order's permitted use separately from its citation formCD09

Superseded opinions

§ 18.4

See also Opinion versions

Supervision

§ 38.2

See also Collaborative editing

Supra

§ 8.4

See also Cross-references

Supreme Court

P01

See also Tables of authorities

Supreme Court of the United States

Real-source anatomy: Cite a court rule by rule, and label the historical versionR14

Syllabi

Reporter summary versus judicial text§ 49.5

Syllabi and headnotes

§ 18.5

See also Holdings

Systems

Name abbreviation and contextND01