bluebook

plural bluebooks

1. A blank booklet of lined paper used in the administration of examinations, so named because of its pale blue front and back covers.

   What should I bring to the exam? Are pens or bluebooks required? Is scratch paper supplied?

   2005, Fred Obrecht, Boak Ferris, “1. The Testing Mind-Set”, in How To Prepare For The California State University Writing Proficiency Exams (Barron's Educational Series), 3rd edition (paperback), Hauppauge, New York: Barron's, published 2005, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 3

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   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

   The words you will eventually write in your exam bluebook will include the words you have learned by heart, but they will constitute only a portion of the analytical presentation you will develop.

   2003, Tonsing, Dennis J., 1000 Days to the Bar, But the Practice of Law Begins Now, Wm. S. Hein Publishing, page 84

present singular third person bluebooks · participle present bluebooking · participle past bluebooked · past bluebooked

1. lawTo format a document, particularly a legal document including citations, according to the rules of the Bluebook, a US style guide.

   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

2. roleplaying gamesTo have players describe, in writing and in-between regular role-playing sessions, character activities that don't involve the entire group.

1. A style guide on legal citation.