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Use as many numbering levels as you need to fully reveal, and ''label'', the logical structure of your document, bearing in mind that too many levels reveal prolixity and convolution in your drafting. Make sure your [[semantic structure]] is tight.  
Use as many numbering levels as you need to fully reveal, and ''label'', the logical structure of your document, bearing in mind that too many levels reveal prolixity and convolution in your drafting. Make sure your [[semantic structure]] is tight.  


Without tables:
===Bankruptcy, with and without paragraph numbering===
A party  
To illustrate how much easier it is to navigate the text, consider the deal old definition of Bankruptcy in the {{isdama}}. Now you can’t entirely defeat the crushing torpor of the Squad’s turgid drafting but at least if you pick out its skeleton you can make it more digestible.
 
In its original:
 
“A party  
is dissolved (other than by merger);
is dissolved (other than by merger);
(2) becomes insolvent, unable to pay its debts, or admits it in writing;
(2) becomes insolvent, unable to pay its debts, or admits it in writing;
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(7) has a secured party take possession of, or a legal process is enforced against, substantially all its assets for at 15 days without a court dismissing it;
(7) has a secured party take possession of, or a legal process is enforced against, substantially all its assets for at 15 days without a court dismissing it;
(8) suffers any event which, under the laws of any jurisdiction, has the same effect as any of the above events; or
(8) suffers any event which, under the laws of any jurisdiction, has the same effect as any of the above events; or
(9) takes any action towards any of the above events.
(9) takes any action towards any of the above events”


With tables:
With tables, and a run-in descriptor:


'''Bankruptcy'''. A party:
'''Bankruptcy'''. A party:
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Besides, [[Nietzsche]] numbered his paragraphs!
Besides, [[Nietzsche]] numbered his paragraphs!


Also the JC wants you all to admire the hierarchical numbering scheme, which has taken him years to figure out how to do in CSS/HTML.