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Symbols of movements, causes and campaigns: awareness ribbons, pride and protest flags, political emblems and the marks of civil office.
Here when the symbol expresses a position rather than an authority. The line from national and civic is who is speaking: a state, or a group addressing one.
Standardised where an organisation owns the mark, historically documented where it does not. Several records note that a symbol has been claimed by more than one movement.
A circle enclosing a vertical line and two downward diagonal lines, originally designed for the British nuclear disarmament movement.
A capital letter A, its legs extending slightly past a surrounding circle, used internationally as a symbol of anarchism.
A short ribbon folded into a loop, worn to signal support for a cause.
A pink awareness ribbon, associated with breast cancer.
A red awareness ribbon, the symbol of HIV and AIDS awareness.
A red paper or enamel poppy worn in remembrance of war dead.
Horizontal stripes in the colours of the spectrum, the flag of LGBTQ pride.
Five stripes in light blue, pink and white, the flag of transgender pride.
A carpenter's square and a pair of compasses interlocked, the emblem of Freemasonry.
Three interlinked chain rings, the emblem of the Odd Fellows.
A small circular ribbon knot worn on civilian dress to indicate an honour.
A plain silver cross bearing St George and the dragon, for gallantry away from the enemy.
The insignia of an order, worn in a form that indicates the grade held.
Party names, year, court, report — in an order that differs by country.
[2023] UKSC 15 — a court's own reference, tied to no publisher.
Square means the year is needed to find it; round means it is not.
s 3(2)(a) — section, subsection, paragraph, in a fixed hierarchy.
The number after the citation, pointing at one paragraph.
See, cf, contra — a small vocabulary saying how the source relates.
Affirmed, reversed, overruled — whether the case is still good law.
Latin shorthand for 'the thing I just cited'.
Anything inside them was changed by the person quoting.
The symbol, a year and a name — and why it is no longer required.
§ for a section, ¶ for a paragraph, doubled for a range.
An embossed or printed device making a document an official copy.
A notary's own device, certifying a signature rather than a document.
A solid black bar over text that has been withheld.
A heading on correspondence, keeping it out of evidence.
Pictograms asking for a named conduct.
A code panel naming origin and lot.
A P in a circle.
A square of forty-nine coloured squares.
A revived script made official.
A script made to unify Manding.
Beads recording an agreement.
Two joined loops on a flag.
A colour that is a legal permission.
Ten-day weeks, briefly.
A finger post naming a right.
A name written fast.
An outline filled fast.
A record scratched where nothing else could be written.
The fully realised work.
An ancient hooked-cross symbol with a long history as a sign of good fortune across many cultures, and a separate, more recent history as the central emblem of Nazi Germany.
A leaping rabbit outline, certifying that a product was not tested on animals.
A stylised sunflower growing from a V, certifying a product free of animal ingredients.
A blue and green circle enclosing a figure holding up an arm, certifying trading terms.