Dear JR, Paralegal:

You wrote:
> I was taught, but cannot remember by whom, that at the end of a pleading page in a legal document, if there was a large blank space, and the document then continued on the following page, you placed two diagonals // to indicate that the document continued. I can find no reference to confirm this. Can you help? Thank you.
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I am not familiar with this. This may be an “in-house” practice at some place where you worked, or it could be a specific use in legal documents I am not familiar with. Are you thinking of the parallel, a reference mark made of two horizontal lines? This traditionally was used along with the asterisk, daggers, and section mark to show a reference of some kind. It is possible that the parallel has or had a special meaning in legal documents just as the section mark does. It also might be a proofreading mark used for the purpose you stated. Perhaps someone reading this can help?