Reigns are dated according to the historical evidence and not according to the conventions adopted by the compilers of the legal codes, which sometimes diverge from the truth. The names of the consuls are given at the beginning of the consular year but are thereafter omitted from texts with a consular date. The place of issue or publication, when recorded, is given in the nominative. When separate parts of a constitution occur in two or more places in CJ or another source, they are counted in the overall sequence as separate texts. When a version of a twin text is found both in CJ and in another source it is counted as a CJ text.
Iota subscript is omitted.
The sense in which the term 'secretary' is used needs to be clarified. Sometimes a different problem arises. The person who was in general composing rescripts was for some reason such as illness or absence on a mission temporarily not able to do so. In that case someone else, for example an ex-secretary, might step into the breach. These texts are not assigned to any secretary, though it is sometimes possible to guess who the real author was.