Topical Indexes to Rules
Key
| Rule: | Normal BB Rule |
| B: | Bluepage Rule (Practitioner Guide) |
| Table: | Normal BB Table |
| BT: | Bluepage Table (Practitioner Guide) |
Index - Alphabetical By Topic
A
| Abbreviations | |
| - Case Names (parties) | Rule 10.2.1; Table 6; B4.1.1 |
| - Court Documents | BT 1 |
| - Court Names | Table 7 |
| - United States Jurisdictions | Table 1 |
| - Foreign Jurisdictions | Table 2 |
| - Generally | Rule 6.1 |
| - Geographical Terms (U.S., Australia, Canada & other foreign regions) | Table 10 |
| - Periodicals | Table 13, see also. |
| - Periods | Rule 6.1 (b) |
| - Spacing | Rule 6.1 (a) |
| Administrative Material | Rule 14; Table T1.2; B5.1.4; B5.1.5 |
| American Jurisprudence | Rule 15.8 (a); B8.1 |
| American Law Reports | Rule 16.7.6 |
| Articles | See Periodical Material; B9 |
| Audio Recordings | Rule 18.6 |
B
| Bankruptcy | Rule 10.2.1(a) |
| Bills (State and Federal) | Rule 13.2; B5.1.6 |
| Black's Law Dictionary | Rule 15.8 (a) |
| Books | Rule 15; B 8 |
| - Author(s) | Rule 15.1 |
| - Collection of Works | Rule 15.5 |
| - Edition, Publisher, etc | Rule 15.4 |
| - Editor/Translator | Rule 15.2 |
| - Short Form | Rule 15.10; B 8.2 |
| - Special Citation Forms | Rule 15.8 |
| - Title | Rule 15.3 |
| - Unpublished and Forthcoming | Rule 17 |
C
| Capitalization | Rule 8 |
| Cases | Rule 10; B4 |
| - Capitalization | Rule 8 |
| - Court | Rule 10.4; B 4.1.3 |
| - Date or Year | Rule 10.5; B 4.1.3 |
| - Parallel Citations | Rule 10.3.1 |
| - Parentheticals | Rule 10.6; B 4.1.5, B 11 |
| - Party Names | Rule 10.2; B 4.1.1 |
| - Reporters/Reporter Abbreviations | Rules 10.3.1 - 3.2; Table 1 & 10 ; B 4.1.2 |
| - Short Form | Rule 10.9; B 4.2 |
| Code of Federal Regulations | Rule 14.2 (a); B5.1.4 |
| Commercial Electronic Databases | Rule 18.3 |
| - Short Forms | Rule 18.8 (b) |
| Consecutively Page Numbering | Rule 3.2 (a); B9.1.1 |
| Constitutions | Rule 11; B6 |
| Corpus Juris Secundum | Rule 15.8 (a) |
| Court Documents | Rule 10.8.3; B7 |
| - Periods | Rule B 10.1 - 10.2; BT2 |
| - Citation Rules (Jurisdiction Specific) | BT 2 |
D
| Debates | Rule 13.5 |
E
| Electronic Databases (Commercial) | Rule 18.3 |
F
| Federal Bills and Resolutions | Rule 13.2; B5.1.6 |
| Federal Debates | Rule 13.5 |
| Federal Hearings | Rule 13.3 |
| Federal Rules of Procedure | Rule 12.9.3 |
| Films & Broadcasts | Rule 18.6 |
| Foreign Materials (non-International) | Rule 20; Table 2 |
I
| Id. | Rule 4.1 |
| Infra | Rule 3.5 |
| Intergovernmental Organizations | Rule 21 |
| Internal Revenue Code | Rule 12.9.1; Table 1.2 |
| International Arbitrations | Rule 21.6 |
| International Law Cases | Rule 21.5 |
| Internet Sources | Rule 18; B10 |
| - Direct Citations | Rule 18.2.2 |
| - General Principles | Rule 18.2.1 |
| - Parallel Citations | Rule 18.2.3 |
| - Short Forms | Rule 18.8 |
J
| Jurisdiction Specific Rules & Style | BT 2 |
| Justice & Judges, Forms | Rule 9 |
L
| Legislative Reports | Rule 13.4; B 6.1.6 |
| Local Rules | BT 2 |
| Looseleafs | Rule 19.1 |
M
| Massachusetts Practice | Rule 15 |
| Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education | Rule 15 |
| Model Codes | Rule 12.9.5 |
| Model Penal Code | Rule 12.9.5 |
| Model Rules of Prof. Resp., etc | Rule 12.9.6; B5.1.3 |
P
| Page Numbering | Rule 3.2 |
| - Consecutive | Rule 3.2(a) |
| Parallel Citations | Rule 10.3.1 |
| Patents Cases | Table 1.2 |
| Periodical Material | Rule 16 |
| - Author(s) | Rule 16.2 |
| - Consecutively Paginated | Rule 16.4 |
| - Non-Consecutively Paginated | Rule 16.5 |
| - Short Forms | Rule 16.9 |
| - Symposia, etc | Rule 16.7.3 |
| - Title | Rule 16.3 |
| - Unpublished and Forthcoming | Rule 17 |
| Public Domain Format | Rule 10.3.3 |
R
| Regulations | Rule 14; T1.2 |
| Reporters/Reporter Abbreviations | Rules 10.3.1 - 3.2; Table 1, 10 |
| - Spacing & Periods | Rule 6.1 (a) - (b) |
S
| Session Laws | Rule 12.4 |
| Services, aka Looseleafs, etc | Rule 19.1 |
| - Short Forms | Rule 19.2 |
| Short Forms | |
| - Books | Rule 15.9 |
| - Cases | Rule 10.9 |
| - Legislation | Rule 13.7 |
| - Periodical Material | Rule 16.7 |
| - Services, aka Looseleafs, etc | Rule 19.2 |
| - Statutes | Rule 12.9 |
| Signals | Rules 1.2; B 4 |
| Slip Opinions | Rule 10.8.1 (b) |
| State Bills and Resolutions | T1.3 |
| Statutes | Rule 12; B 6.1 |
| - Amendments, Repeals, etc | Rule 12.7 |
| - Name, When To Use Full Name | Rule 12.3.1 (a) |
| - Publisher | Rule 12.3.1 (d) |
| - Short Forms | Rule 12.10 |
| - Internal Revenue Code | Rule 12.9.1 |
| - Model Codes | Rule 12.9.5 |
| - Subject Matter Codes, e.g. Texas | Rule 12.3.1 (c) |
| - Title, Chapter and Volume | Rule 12.3.1 (b) |
| - Year | Rule 12.3.2 |
| Supra and Hereinafter | Rule 4.2 |
T
| Tax Materials | Rule 12.9.1; T1.2 |
| - American Federal Tax Reporter | |
| - Cases | Rule 12.9.1; T1.2 |
| - General Counsel Memoranda (GCM) | Rule 12.9.1; T1.2 |
| - Private Letter Rulings (PLRs) | Rule 12.9.1; T1.2 |
| - Revenue Procedure | Rule 12.9.1; T1.2 |
| - Revenue Rulings | Rule 12.9.1; T1.2 |
| - Tax Court Reported Decisions | |
| - Technical Advice Memoranda (TAMs) | Rule 12.9.1; T1.2 |
| - Treasury Regulations | Rule 12.9.1; T1.2 |
| - Other Tax Documents | Rule 12.9.1; T1.2 |
| - United States Tax Cases | |
| - United States Tax Court | Rule 12.9.1; T1.2 |
| -- Board of Tax Appeals | Rule 12.9.1; T1.2 |
| - United States Court of Federal Claims | |
| Treaties, Generally | Rule 21 |
| - International Agreements | Rule 21.4 |
| Typeface/Font (see also) | |
| - Law Reviews | Rule 2 |
| - Practitioners | B 13 |
U
| Uniform Commercial Code | Rule 12.9.4 |
| United Nations Information | Rule 21.7 |
| United States Code (U.S.C.) | Rule 12.3; Table 1 |
| United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.) | Rule 12.3; Table 1 |
| United States Tax Court | Rule 12.9.1; T1.2 |
W
| Westlaw and Lexis | Rule 18.3 |