Statutes of the various states will be cited by giving the number of the volume (where there are more volumes than one), the name of the state (using the common geographical abbrevia tion), the designation of the code, and the page where the statute or provision in consideration is found : thus, 1 N. Y. Rev. Stat. 4th ed. 63. To this it is desirable to add, when regard fur spaoe allows, the chapter and section of the statute re ferred te.
United States statutes, and statutes of the states not included in the codified collection of the state, are cited as statutes of the year in which they were enacted.
English statutes are referred to by indicating tho year of the reign in which they were enacted, the chapter and section : thus, 17 & 18 Viet. c. 96, 0 2.
are referred to by giving the number of the volume (where there are more volumes than one), the name of the author in full, with an ab breviation of the title of the work sufficiently ex tended to distinguish it from .other works by the same author and to indicate the class of subjects of which it treats : thus, 2 Story, Cunst.
Where two or more persons have written a book in company, the full name which stands first on the title-page, and the initial letter of the following name or names, are given : thus, Gale & W. Easem. Reference is made to the page of the foot edition, except where a different course is indicated. Sections or paragraphs, when numbered from the beginning of the bobk, are referred to, in preference to pages. Where an edition is referred to which has been prepared by other persons than the authors, or where an edition subsequent to the first is referred to, this fact is indicated, and the page, section, or paragraph of the edition cited is given : thus, An gell & A. Corp. Lothrop ed. 96; Smith, Lead. Cos. 5th Hare & W. ed. 173. The various editions of Blackstone's Commentaries, however, have the edit or's name in full, and preceding the title of the book: thus, Sharswood, Blackst. Comm.; Coleridge, Blackst. Comm. • Report's of the Fe4ral courts of the United States, and of the English, Irish, and Scotch courts, are cited by the names of the reporters: thus, 3 Cranch, 96; 5 East, 241. In a few instances, however, com mon usage has given a distinctive name to a series; and wherever this is the oase such name has been adopted: as, Term; C. B.; Exch.
The references to the reports of the circuit courts of the United States have C. C. added to the re porter's name : thus, 2 Sumn. C. C. 155; and the re ports of the district courts are distinguished by the addition of Dist. Ct.: thus, Ware, Dist. Ct.
The reports of the state courts are cited by the name of the state, wherever a series of such reports has been recognized as existing : thus, 5 III. 63; 21 Penn. St. 96; and the same rule applies to citations of the reports of provincial courts : thus, 6 Low. C.167.
Otherwise, the reporter's name is used, arid the name of the state added : thus, 11 Pick. Mass. 23. This rule extends also to the provincial reports; and the principle is applied to decisions of Scotoh and Irish cases.
Abhreviations arc always used in citing reports, as follows : Float, the geographical abbreviations of the names of the various states are used; as, Mass., Cal., Ga.; and Ir., Se., and Fr. are used to denote re speotively Irish, Scotch, and French reports. Second, the first syllable of the reporter's name is used : ea, Dec. No. C.; adding the initial consonant or con sonants of the second, in case it begins with a con sonant: as, Tayl. No. C.; H. Blackst. In a very few cases it may be necessary to add another syllable of the name, to prevent ambiguity : as, Robins, Hon. L.; Roherts, Huu. L. Where the name is u mono syllable, it is given in full: as, Ware; East.
Where two or more persons are authors of the same book of reports, the name standing first on the title-pago is given, and the initial letter of sub sequent numes : as, Ad. & E.; using the second name, however, abbreviated, or even in full, when it is necessary to avoid ambiguity : as, Drur. & Warr.; Drur. & Walsh; Bernew. & Ad.; Barnew. & Ald.
Where the reports are of decisions in courts of peculiar jurisdiction, an additional ahbreviation in dicates the fact: thus, 3 Paige, Ch. N. Y. 87.
A few instances of double abbreviation seem de sirable: as, 1 Wms. Sound. 85; Mete. Yelv. 43.
The following list is believed to include all the terms made use of in this hook in the citation of re ports, and is intended to embrace all the printed re ports. For a complete list of reporters, and much valuable information relative thereto, see REPORTS.