Westlaw New Zealand Tip - Depth of Treatment bars
KeyCite’s Depth of Treatment bars indicate the extent to which a citing case, administrative decision, or brief discusses the cited case you are looking at, or the amount of discussion had on a section of legislation.
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Examined – the citing case, administrative decision, brief, or section of legislation contains an extended discussion of the cited case, usually more than one printed page of text. |
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Discussed – the citing case, administrative decision, brief, or section of legislation contains a substantial discussion of the cited case, usually more than one paragraph but less than one printed page. |
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Cited – the citing case, administrative decision, brief, or section of legislation contains some discussion of the cited case, usually less than one paragraph. |
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Mentioned – the citing case, administrative decision, brief, or section of legislation contains a brief reference to the cited case, usually in a string citation. |
The Depth of Treatment bars are displayed in the Citing References and Table of Authorities tabs.
Note: Click on the yellow highlighted text to go directly to where the main case is referenced in this citing case.
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