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===Source Citations for Legal Materials===
===Source Citations for Legal Materials===
'''Abbreviations for Nominate Reports''' - The name of the report is always abbreviated. The more common abbreviations are listed in the following table:
'''Abbreviations for Nominate Reports''' - The name of the report is always abbreviated. The more common abbreviations are listed in the following table:
 
{| border="1" class="sortable"
!Abbreviation
|Court Type
|Explanation
|-
!AC
|Appeal Cases
|Reports of judgments in the Appellate Committee of the House of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
|-
!KB
|King’s Bench
|Reports of the judgments given in the King’s Bench Division
|-
!QB
|Queen’s Bench
|Reports of the judgments given in the Queen’s Bench Division
|-
!Ch.
|Chancery
|Reports of the judgments given in the Chancery Division
|-
!Eq.
|Equity
|Reports of the judgments given in the Court of Equity
|-
!Ex.
|Exchequer
|Reports of the judgments given in the Court of the Exchequer
|-
!C.L.
|Common Law
|Reports of the judgments given in the Courts of Common Law
|-
!C.P.
|Common Pleas
|Reports of the judgments given in the Court of Common Pleas
|}
'''Page Numbers''' - In legal records and in citing cases from the Nominate Reports, always cite the printed page number.
'''Page Numbers''' - In legal records and in citing cases from the Nominate Reports, always cite the printed page number.


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