Template:RQ:Blackstone Commentaries/documentation

Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote William Blackstone's work Commentaries on the Laws of England (1st edition, 1765–1769, 4 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:

• Book I (Of the Rights of Persons; 1765).
• Book II (Of the Rights of Things; 1766; archived at the Internet Archive).
• Book III (Of Private Wrongs; 1768).
• Book IV (Of Public Wrongs; 1769).

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= or |book= – mandatory: the book number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either |book=I, |book=II, |book=III, or |book=IV.

• |2= or |chapter= – the name of the chapter quoted from.
• |3= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=10–11.
  • You must also use |pageref= to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).

This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.

• |para= or |paragraph= – the paragraph number quoted from in Arabic numerals.
• |4=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
• |footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
• |brackets= – use |brackets=on to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, “some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell”) rather than an actual use of it (for example, “we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset”), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

Examples

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Blackstone Commentaries|book=I|chapter=Of the Absolute Rights of Individuals|page=122|passage=Thus the ſtatute of king [[w:Edward IV of England|Edvvard IV]], vvhich forbad the fine gentlemen of thoſe times (under the degree of a lord) to vvear '''pikes''' upon their ſhoes or boots of more than tvvo inches in length, vvas a lavv that ſavoured of oppreſſion; becauſe, hovvever ridiculous the faſhion then in uſe might appear, the reſtraining of it by pecuniary penalties could ſerve no purpoſe of common utility.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Blackstone Commentaries|I|Of the Absolute Rights of Individuals|122|Thus the ſtatute of king [[w:Edward IV of England|Edvvard IV]], vvhich forbad the fine gentlemen of thoſe times (under the degree of a lord) to vvear '''pikes''' upon their ſhoes or boots of more than tvvo inches in length, vvas a lavv that ſavoured of oppreſſion; becauſe, hovvever ridiculous the faſhion then in uſe might appear, the reſtraining of it by pecuniary penalties could ſerve no purpoſe of common utility.}}
• Result:
  • 1765, William Blackstone, “Of the Absolute Rights of Individuals”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book I (Of the Rights of Persons), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 122:

    Thus the ſtatute of king Edvvard IV, vvhich forbad the fine gentlemen of thoſe times (under the degree of a lord) to vvear pikes upon their ſhoes or boots of more than tvvo inches in length, vvas a lavv that ſavoured of oppreſſion; becauſe, hovvever ridiculous the faſhion then in uſe might appear, the reſtraining of it by pecuniary penalties could ſerve no purpoſe of common utility.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Blackstone Commentaries|book=II|chapter=Of Title by Testament, and Administration|pages=512–513|pageref=512|passage=And in the caſe of a deficiency of aſſets, all the ''general'' legacies muſt '''abate''' proportionably, in order to pay the debts; but a ''ſpecific'' legacy (of a piece of plate, a horſe, or the like) is not to '''abate''' at all, or allovv any thing by vvay of abatement, unleſs there be not ſufficient vvithout it.}}
• Result:
  • 1766, William Blackstone, “Of Title by Testament, and Administration”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book II (Of the Rights of Things), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 512–513:

    And in the caſe of a deficiency of aſſets, all the general legacies muſt abate proportionably, in order to pay the debts; but a ſpecific legacy (of a piece of plate, a horſe, or the like) is not to abate at all, or allovv any thing by vvay of abatement, unleſs there be not ſufficient vvithout it.