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=== Longer excerpts === | === Longer excerpts === | ||
For longer excerpts, a block format | For longer excerpts, use a block format. Clicklaw Wikibooks has two methods for block formatting depending on the type of source. | ||
==== Block formatting legislation and contracts ==== | ==== Block formatting legislation and contracts ==== | ||
Clicklaw Wiikibooks uses | Clicklaw Wiikibooks uses blockquote tags {{tag|blockquote}} multiple indentation levels, and a monospace font (<code><tt></tt></code>) if the excerpt is taken from an act, regulation, contractual agreement or court order (as distinct from reasons for judgment). Doing this 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: | A block formatted excerpt in a monospace font looks like this: | ||
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==== Block formatting caselaw and regular text ==== | ==== Block formatting caselaw and regular text ==== | ||
Longer | Longer direct quotations of text written in natural language (like court judgments) are also block formatted, but maintain the default typeface. The block formatted indented excerpt is enclosed in quotations. If the excerpt is longer than one paragraph each paragraph begins with an open quote, but only the final paragraph ends with a close quote. | ||
A block formatted excerpt of a typical case looks like this: | A block formatted excerpt of a typical case looks like this: | ||
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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. [...] | 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. [...] | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||