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Marginal note

Marginal note, an abstract of a reported case, a summary of the facts, or brief statement of the principle decided, which is prefixed to the report of the case, usually in the earlier reports placed in the margin, and corresponding to the head-notes of later times and the present day 'marginal notes are often conveniently appended to documents of any kind.The marginal notes which appear in the statute-books as printed by the King's Printers have not the authority of the legislature, and cannot alter the interpretation of the text. See Claydon v. Green, (1868) LR 3 CP 5, per Willes, J.; Sutton v. Sutton, (1882) 22 Ch D 5, per Jessel, M.R. In the Revised Statutes they have been revised throughout to make them in accordance with the text; and in Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility they have been much added to, abridged, or altered.In some private Acts of Parliament the marginal notes may form part of the Act, Re Working, etc., Act, 1911 (1914) 1 Ch 300, per Phillimore, LJ....

margin

margin 1 : the difference between net sales and the cost of the merchandise sold from which expenses are usually met or profits derived 2 : the amount by which the market value of collateral is greater than the face value of a loan 3 a : cash or collateral deposited in a regulated amount by a client with a broker who is financing the purchase of securities see also regulation t b : a deposit made with a broker by a client who is trading in futures ...

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