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For longer excerpts, a block format is required. Clicklaw Wikibooks has two methods of presenting block format, depending on the type of source. | For longer excerpts, a block format is required. Clicklaw Wikibooks has two methods of presenting block format, depending on the type of source. | ||
==== Block formatting legislation | ==== Block formatting legislation and contracts ==== | ||
Clicklaw Wiikibooks uses block quote tags (<code><blockquote></blockquote></code>), multiple indentation levels, and a monospace font (<code><tt></tt></code>) for excerpts taken from acts, regulations, contracts and court orders (as distinct from reasons for judgment). Doing so distinguishes the codified language and hierarchical structure of these sources compared to the more narrative | Clicklaw Wiikibooks uses block quote tags (<code><blockquote></blockquote></code>), multiple indentation levels, and a monospace font (<code><tt></tt></code>) for excerpts taken from acts, regulations, contracts and court orders (as distinct from reasons for judgment). Doing so distinguishes the codified language and hierarchical structure of these sources compared to the more narrative and natural language flow of other types of content. | ||
A block formatted excerpt in a monospace font looks like this: | |||
<blockquote><tt>s. 19(2) The court may impute such amount of income to a spouse as it considers appropriate in the circumstances, which circumstances include the following:</tt></blockquote> | <blockquote><tt>s. 19(2) The court may impute such amount of income to a spouse as it considers appropriate in the circumstances, which circumstances include the following:</tt></blockquote> | ||
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<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(h) the spouse derives a significant portion of income from dividends, capital gains or other sources that are taxed at a lower rate than employment or business income or that are exempt from tax.</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | <blockquote><blockquote><tt>(h) the spouse derives a significant portion of income from dividends, capital gains or other sources that are taxed at a lower rate than employment or business income or that are exempt from tax.</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | ||
Note | Note that subsections (a-h) are more indented. | ||
==== Block formatting caselaw and regular text ==== | |||
Longer excerpts of reasons for judgment, textbooks, policy papers and most other texts written in natural language are simply placed into indented paragraphs which are enclosed in quotation marks. If the excerpt is longer than one paragraph, each paragraph begins with an open quote, but only the final paragraph ends with a close quite. | |||
A block formatted excerpt of a typical case looks like this: | |||
In the leading case [http://canlii.ca/t/1lxpf ''Contino v. Leonelli-Contino''], 2005 SCC 63, the Supreme Court of Canada said this with respect to section 9(b): | |||
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[52] What should the courts examine under this heading? Section 9(b) does not refer merely to the expenses assumed by the payor parent as a result of the increase in access time from less than 40 percent to more than 40 percent, as argued in this Court. This cannot be for at least two reasons. | |||
First, it would be irreconcilable with the fact that some applications under s. 9 are not meant to obtain a variation of a support order, but constitute a first order (see Payne, at p. 261). Second, as mentioned earlier, the Table amounts in the Guidelines do not assume that the payor parent pays for the housing, food, or any other expense for the child. [...] | |||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||