[[Title (({1))} of the United States Code|(({1))} U.S.C.]] §§ (({2))}–(({3))}
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Usage[edit]
This template links to an external site, the Cornell University Law School U.S. Code database. External links should not normally be used in the body of an article; see Wikipedia:External links for discussion of acceptable and unacceptable uses.
This template uses Cornell's database. You may also use this to specify a range of sections.
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((UnitedStatesCode|x|y))
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x U.S.C. § y |
((USC|x|y))
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((UnitedStatesCode|x|y|z))
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x U.S.C. §§ y–z |
((USC|x|y|z))
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((UnitedStatesCode|x|y|notitle=1))
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§ y |
((USC|x|y|notitle=1))
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((UnitedStatesCode|x|y|pipe=Link text))
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Link text |
((USC|x|y|pipe=Link text))
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Please note that all titles have Wikipedia articles and the template will link to the Wikipedia article. When citing a series of sections within a single title, one may eliminate redundancy by suppressing the display of the title altogether by adding the parameter |notitle=1 (see example below).
Examples[edit]
| Usage | Output |
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((USC|4|1)).
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4 U.S.C. § 1. |
((USC | 25 | 13f )).
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25 U.S.C. § 13f. |
((USC|10|371|375)), ((USC | 10 | 378 | notitle= 1 )), and ((USC | 10 | 380 | 382 | notitle= 1 )).
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10 U.S.C. §§ 371–375, § 378, and §§ 380–382. |
((USC | 26 | 501 | pipe= Exemption from tax on corporations )).
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Exemption from tax on corporations. |
List of all United States legal citation templates[edit]
These templates are for citing U.S. codes and laws. To cite court cases, use ((Cite court)), or, for the U.S. Supreme Court, use ((Ussc)).
Parameters in (parentheses) are optional.
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| ((UnitedStatesCode)), ((USC)) | Title | Section | (end of section range) | (pipe) | United States Code (USC) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | |
| ((UnitedStatesCode2)), ((USC2)) | Title | Section | Description | USC via Cornell: description of the section | ||
| ((UnitedStatesCodeSec)), ((USCSec)) | Title | Section | (pipe) | USC via Cornell: when citing one of a series of USC sections, where it would be redundant to display the full citation for each section, this template can be used to display only the section number. | ||
| ((UnitedStatesCodeSub)), ((USCSub)) | Title | Section | Up to 6 levels of "sub" | Access to subsection/paragraph/subparagraph/clause/... to allow correct hyperlinking to the anchors embedded in the Cornell pages. | ||
| ((USCSub2)) | Title | Section | Up to 6 levels of "sub" | Combines ((USCSec)) and ((USCSub)), eliminating redundancy when citing subsections / subparagraphs / &c. | ||
| ((UnitedStatesCodeClause)), ((USCClause)) | Title | Section | Clause | USC via Cornell: allows clauses | ||
| ((Usc-title-chap)), ((usctc)) | Title | Chapter | (Subchapter) | (pipe) | USC via Cornell: title/chapter links. | |
| ((USIRC)) | Section | Internal Revenue Code ((UnitedStatesCode)) | ||||
| ((USStat)) | Volume | Page | Statutes at Large via the Library of Congress, the Government Publishing Office, or Google Books | |||
| ((USPL)) | Congress | Ordinal law | (Description) | Public Law via GPO govinfo and https://uslaw.link/ | ||
| ((USStatute)) | Congress | Ordinal law | (Volume) | (Page) | Combines ((USPL)) and ((USStat)), optional Year ((({5))}), Month ((({6))}), Day ((({7))}), optional ((USBill)): (Bill type ((({8))}) and number ((({9))})) | |
| ((USBill)) | Congress | Bill type (S, SJ, HR, HJ) | Bill number (1-?) | (pipe) | Congressional bills via Congress.gov | |
| ((US House Vote)), ((USHVote)) | Year | Vote | House roll-call vote via Clerk.House.gov | |||
| ((US Senate Vote)), ((USSVote)) | Congress | Session | Vote | Senate roll-call vote via Senate.gov | ||
| ((USCongRec)) | Year | Page | (date) | Congressional Record via GPO FDsys | ||
| ((Federal Register)), ((USFR)) | Volume | Page | Federal Register via GPO FDsys | |||
| ((CodeFedReg)), ((USCFR)) | Volume | Part | Section | (Clause) | Code of Federal Regulations via GPO FDsys | |
| ((Executive Order)) | Number | Executive orders via Wikisource | ||||
| ((USTreaty)) | Congress | Treaty number | Treaties | |||
| ((UnitedStatesSentencingGuidelines)), ((USSG)) | ChapterSection | Up to 7 levels of "sub" | (year) | Latest U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines (effective Nov. 1, 2012) via the U.S. Sentencing Commission website. Optional |year= references specific Guidelines applicable to a sentence imposed on or after Nov. 1st of that given year.
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| ((frcrp)) | Chapter | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | ||||
| ((frcp)) | Rule | Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (current) via federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org | ||||
| ((frbp)) | Rule | Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (current) via federalrulesofbankruptcyprocedure.org | ||||
| ((frap)) | Chapter | Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | ||||
| ((fre)) | Rule | Federal Rules of Evidence (current) via rulesofevidence.org | ||||
| Template(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | pipe | Description |
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