I submit the following proposal, titled "More on paragraphs":
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Replace paragraph (d) of Rule 1023 (Common Definitions) with this
text:
(d) The term "paragraph" shall mean a subset of text determined
as follows:
(1) Each bulleted section is a unit of text.
(2) Any remaining text is divided into units at blank lines.
(3) Units are considered in an ordered tree hierarchy. The
root is empty, any unbulleted units are its children,
and the bulleted units following an unbulleted unit are
its descendants (with nested bullets corresponding to
nested levels of the tree). If the text consists only of
bulleted units, then the top-most level comprise the
root's immediate children.
(4) A "paragraph" identified by partial quotation is
determined by the minimum sub-tree containing the
entirety of that quotation.
(5) A "paragraph" identified by an ordinal n is determined
by the nth unbulleted unit and its descendants.
(6) A "paragraph" identified by bulleted section labels is
determined by the sub-tree arrived at by traversal from
the root, using the specified series of labels.
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