Posted: 5/1/2007 2:25:30 PM EDT
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Hey y'all, quick question for the group. I'm finishing up a research paper and I am trying to put on the finishing touches at this point. My questions involves some capitalization. If I am referring to a specific court (such as the New York State Court of Appeals) and I am using it in the following context: "The court affirmed the defendant's conviction." Does court need to be capitalized? Thanks. 
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New York State Court of Appeals. When I refer to it in its full title I have capitalized it. However in one part of my paper it says: "The court noted that the cause of the Warner-Lambert explosions that were presented by the prosecution were “hypothetical and speculative” and thus did not prove that the defendant’s actions caused the explosion." Should it read "The Court noted........etc" is my question. |
No...only if you are using the whole name: (New York State Court of Appeals). "The court" is not a proper name unless the place you are talking about is actually named "The Court". |
Actually, according to that site, you do NOT capitalize in the context the OP is using: "courthouse: Capitalize with the name of a jurisdiction: the Kittitas County Courthouse, the U.S. Courthouse. Lowercase in other uses: the county courthouse, the courthouse." |
what he said. |
No, if you are going to refer to it as a title, you should put the full title, then capitalize it. I fixed your post, for how it should be IF you are going to capitalize it. I never passed english so I may not be correct. |