In 'S.D. Dep't. of Health v. Heim', which is the correct abbreviation for 'Department' used in the caption?

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In 'S.D. Dep't. of Health v. Heim', which is the correct abbreviation for 'Department' used in the caption?

In case captions, government office names are abbreviated in a fixed way, and the form used for Department is Dep't. with an apostrophe. The apostrophe signals the missing letters in “Department,” and the period after the abbreviation marks the end of the abbreviated word. This capitalization and punctuation align with Bluebook practice for official captions, providing a concise and conventional rendering of the agency name. Spelling it out as “Department” would be too long for a caption, and writing “Dept.” (without the apostrophe) or omitting the final period isn’t the standard Bluebook form in this context. So, Dep't. is the correct styling in the caption.

In case captions, government office names are abbreviated in a fixed way, and the form used for Department is Dep't. with an apostrophe. The apostrophe signals the missing letters in “Department,” and the period after the abbreviation marks the end of the abbreviated word. This capitalization and punctuation align with Bluebook practice for official captions, providing a concise and conventional rendering of the agency name. Spelling it out as “Department” would be too long for a caption, and writing “Dept.” (without the apostrophe) or omitting the final period isn’t the standard Bluebook form in this context. So, Dep't. is the correct styling in the caption.

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