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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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