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Article or article?

English translation: Article (with capital A)

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English term or phrase:	Article or article?
English translation:	Article (with capital A)
Entered by:	Oliver Simoes

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10:48 Dec 9, 2011

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English term or phrase: Article or article?

I'm working on a Portuguese to English legal translation and I'm confused as to whether I should capitalize the word "article" in the following sentence. Your commens are greatly appreciated.

As a result, and pursuant Articles 1775 of the Civil Code, 272 of the Civil Registry Code and Article 14, [paragraph] number 3 of Decree-law 272/2001 of October 13, I hereby ratify the agreement about the destination of the family house...

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Capital letter

Explanation:
Capital letter if it's the name of something.

E.g. In Chapter One I present vs in the first chapter I present
Or King Charles said vs. many kings were present

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Note added at 18 hrs (2011-12-10 05:07:43 GMT)
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New Hart's Rules (2005) Section 5.8 "The names of laws and official documents are generally capitalized."

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Capital letter

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