AGLC4 Rule 1.6.1: Full Stops
Full stops only end sentences and footnotes. They are left out of abbreviations, initials and heading numbers or letters, but document numbers keep the full stops shown on the source. Full stops in abbreviations or initials inside a quotation or a citation element are removed silently.
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Formatting
- No full stops in abbreviations such as Cth, NSW, eg, ie, cf or et al.
- Initials take no full stops and no spaces between them: DH Lawrence.
- No full stop after heading numbers or letters.
- Document numbers keep their full stops exactly as printed on the source.
- Full stops removed from a quoted passage or a title or publisher are not flagged with an ellipsis, brackets, [sic] or anything else.
Example
Quoted from the Guide, page 22- 131James Hadley, Introduction to Roman Law: In Twelve Academical Lectures (D Appleton, 1873). [Not: … (D. Appleton, 1873).]
Not
Quoted from the Guide, page 22- … (D. Appleton, 1873).the full stop after the publisher's initial must be dropped
Abbreviations and a name written without full stops
Quoted from the Guide, page 22| Dr |
| Messrs |
| Mr |
| Mrs |
| Ms |
| A-G |
| LLB |
| Cth |
| NSW |
| Qld |
| cf |
| eg |
| et al |
| ie |
| DH Lawrence |
See also
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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.