Introduction to Basic Legal Citation - access-to-law home

Maine
• Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 11, § 1-101 ({currency information}).*
• 11 M.R.S.A. §1-101 ({currency information}).**
* Both The Bluebook and ALWD Citation Manual call for adding the designation "Ann."
when the compilation's name includes the word "annotated." The AALL Universal Citation
Guide would not indicate whether the version used was annotated.
** Within Maine, this more economical statutory citation format is used in decisions of the
state's own courts and submissions to them, under circumstances where there is little
ambiguity about which jurisdiction's statutes are referred to.
Maryland
• Md. Code, Com. Law § 1-101 ({currency information}).
• Md. Code Ann., Com. Law § 1-101 (LexisNexis {currency information}).*
• Md. Code Ann., Com. Law § 1-101 (West {currency information}).*
• Md. Code ({currency information}), Commercial Law Art., § 1-101.**
* Both The Bluebook and ALWD Citation Manual call for identification of the publisher or
brand of any commercial compilation used, not prepared under direct supervision of the
state - LexisNexis in the second example, West in the third. Both also call for adding the
designation "Ann." when the compilation's name includes the word "annotated." The AALL
Universal Citation Guide would not include the publisher in any case nor would it indicate
whether the version used was annotated.
Where this example has the abbreviation for "Commercial Law" citations to Maryland's
other subject matter divisions should substitute their abbreviations - e.g., "Crim. Law" for
"Criminal Law" or "Ins." for "Insurance."
** Within Maryland, this altered citation format is used in decisions of the state's own courts
and submissions to them.
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