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Passim

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005405

A citation directive, from the Latin for "here and there," indicating that a particular idea, term, or reference appears frequently throughout a cited work or a section of it. It is used when a concept is so pervasive in a source that citing every individual page number would be impractical. The Bluebook, a widely used citation guide, advises against its use in favor of more specific locators.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005405
FieldLaw
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-005405",
  "term": "Passim",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A citation directive, from the Latin for \"here and there,\" indicating that a particular idea, term, or reference appears frequently throughout a cited work or a section of it. It is used when a concept is so pervasive in a source that citing every individual page number would be impractical. The Bluebook, a widely used citation guide, advises against its use in favor of more specific locators.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/passim/"
}

Record 3,649 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.