RAW Markup: <p>

• p tags are used to markup basic paragraph text.
• Child of doctext and footnote
• Contain mixed content including em, blockquote, quote, squote, footnote, ul, b, smallcaps, and casecite.
• Attribute (num): Has attribute "num" with a numeric value of the paragraph that is used to reference individual paragraphs or allow paragraphs numbers to be displayed along with text. paragraph numbering counts a paragraph as a single paragraph even when it is interupted by a blockquote or other elements. paragraphs contained within footnotes are assigned a value of "none" to differentiate them from full paragraphs. Lastly, paragraph tags without a num attribute are defaulted to "none" when transformed into OG-XML standard.

Examples:

<docpart type="majority" auth="Smith" auth-title="Circuit Judge">
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<p num="21">Article I, &sect; 8, of the Constitution provides:<blockquote><quote>The Congress shall have Power &hellip; To Promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.</quote></blockquote>The monopoly privileges that Congress may authorize are neither unlimited nor primarily designed to provide a special private benefit. Rather, the limited grant is a means by which an important public purpose may be achieved. It is intended to motivate the creative activity of authors and inventors by the provision of a special reward, and to allow the public access to the products of their genius after the limited period of exclusive control has expired.<blockquote><quote>The copyright law, like the patent statutes, makes reward to the owner a secondary consideration. In <casecite cite="286 U.S. 123" pp="127"><em>Fox Film Corp. v. Doyal</em>, 286 U.S. 123, 127,</casecite> Chief Justice Hughes spoke as follows respecting the copyright monopoly granted by Congress, <squote>The sole interest of the United States and the primary object in conferring the monopoly lie in the general benefits derived by the public from the labors of authors.</squote> It is said that reward to the author or artist serves to induce release to the public of the products of his creative genius.</quote> <casecite cite="334 U.S. 131" pp="158"><em>United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.</em>, 334 U.S. 131, 158 (1948).</casecite></blockquote></p>
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