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Compendium
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Compend
A compendium an epitome a summary
institute
: an elementary principle recognized as authoritative 2 pl : a collection of principles ;esp : a legal compendium
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Comprisal
The act of comprising or comprehending a compendium or epitome
Abridgment
Abridgment [fr. abreviamentum, Lat.], a large work contracted into a narrow compass; a summary, epitome, or compendium. As to how far this may be done without breach of copyright, see Butterworth v. Robinson, (1801) 5
Civil Law
the opinions of lawyers upon certain points of law; the latter, from all and to receive, signifies a compendium of the law. Tribonian received the imperial command De Conceptione Digestorum, A.D. 530, with directions to choose his
Contingency with a double aspect
considered in conjunction with those for which they are substitutionary, are sometimes termed 'contingencies with a double aspect.'-Smith's Compendium of Real and Personal Property, 6th Edn., p. 376.
Real Estate
land nor money secured or charged on land'; Consult Carson's Real Property Statutes; Williams on Real Property; Burton's Compendium.
Summary
Summary, an abridgment, brief compendium; summary application, one made to a court or judge without the formality of a full proceeding. See PLENARY.
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