(a) Capitalize the official names of organized churches (religious denominations, sects, orders) and their adherents, universities, school boards, schools, courts of law, clubs, corporations, unions, alliances, associations, political parties, etc.:
The official capitalization is that used by the institution itself.
(b) The names of administrative subdivisions of these institutions are also capitalized:
(c) A generic noun used as a short form of a title is often capitalized, especially in corporate writing:
(d) Capitalize short forms that use only the specifying element:
(e) Do not capitalize generic short forms used in a non-specific sense, preceded by a possessive, demonstrative or other type of adjective, or used adjectivally or in an adjectival form:
(f) But, if the short form refers to a specific, unique institution, it retains the upper case when used as a noun or adjectivally:
(g) Documents intended for an internal readership often capitalize terms that would be lower-cased in writings of a general nature:
(h) In second and subsequent references, short forms may be treated generically and lower-cased:
(i) Do not capitalize the plural of common nouns, even when the full titles of the bodies concerned are given:
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