bluebook

bluebook means A style guide on legal citation.

Etymology

From blue + book.

name

A blank booklet of lined paper used in the administration of examinations, so named because of its pale blue front and back covers.e.g.“Bluebooks are designed to prevent cheating but sometimes they provide cover for cheaters when the student brings an extra blue book with notes, equations, dates, etc. (Wein 1).” — 2000, Ann Lathrop, Kathleen E. Foss, Student Cheating and Plagiarism in the Internet Era: A Wake-up Call, Libraries Unlimited, page 144:

To format a document, particularly a legal document including citations, according to the rules of the Bluebook, a US style guide.e.g.“After all, the nonmember author who has never participated in the endless chores of bluebooking and typing is more successful than most law review members in writing a piece of publishable quality.” — 1988, The Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 39, Part 2, page 914:
To have players describe, in writing and in-between regular role-playing sessions, character activities that don't involve the entire group.

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