Dash Insert drop-down menu. Dash The dash is a punctuation mark that is similar in appearance to and , but differs from these symbols in both length and height. The most common versions of the dash are the en dash (–), equal to half the height of the font; the em dash (—), twice as long as the en dash; and the horizontal bar (―), whose length varies across typefaces. Historically, the names of en dash and em dash were loosely related to the width of a lower-case "n" and upper-case "M", respectively, in commonly used typefaces. Usage varies both within
Equal authenticity rule be printed and published in both those Languages [i.e. both English and French]." The rule requires courts to treat "both [the English and French] versions of statutes [as] equally valid and authoritative interpretations of the law," The rule holds that both versions are equally authoritative even if the statute in question was clearly drafted in one language and translated into the other, and even if the two versions of the law are incompatible. An early version of the principle may be found a statute of the Parliament of the Province of Canada, enacted in 1857. The "Act respecting the Codification