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Abridge
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Abridgment
Abridgment [fr. abreviamentum, Lat.], a large work contracted into a narrow compass; a summary, epitome, or compendium. As to
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Abridgment, or Digests of the Law
Abridgment, or Digests of the Law, of ancient authority. The principal of these are Statham's, Brooke's, Fitzherbert's, and Rolle's
Brooke's (Sir Robert) abridgement
Brooke's (Sir Robert) abridgement, a work printed in 1568, and an improvement on the plan of Statham and Fitzherbert. The cases are
Summary
Summary, an abridgment, brief compendium; summary application, one made to a court or judge without the formality of a full proceeding.
Breviary
An abridgment a compend an epitome a brief account or summary
Abbreviation
Abbreviation, an abridging or contraction, very frequent in old statues, as of 'rationabilem' by 'ronabilem' (in the Statute de Pr'rogativa Regis)
Conditional limitation
to limit by deed, if not by will, an estate to a stranger upon any event which might abridge or determine an estate previously limited. But the expediency of such limitations, assisted by the revolution effected by
Rastell
translated from the French the 'Abridgment of the Statutes prior to the time of Henry VII.' He also abridged those of Henry VII., and down tc the 23 & 24 of Henry VIII., which were printed together
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