Definition of Headnote. Meaning of Headnote. Synonyms of Headnote

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Definition of Headnote

Headnote
Headnote Head"note`, n. A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court.

Meaning of Headnote from wikipedia

- A headnote is a brief summary of a particular point of law that is added to the text of a court decision to aid readers in locating discussion of a legal...
- concerning taxation of railroad properties. The case is most notable for a headnote stating that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment grants...
- eighth-century (Nara period) anthology of waka poetry. The kotobagaki (headnote) attached to a group of 32 poems (815–846) in Volume 5 of the collection...
- contribution. Thus, law students are warned that the headnote is not part of the decision rendered, since headnotes occasionally contain misinterpretations of the...
- cannot be changed. Opinions of the court in each case are prepended with a headnote prepared by the Reporter of Decisions, and any concurring or dissenting...
- Circuit) of 15.4.1983". European Patent Office. Retrieved 31 May 2018. Headnote II. The expression 'background art' used in the English text of Rule 27(1)(c)...
- included a statement by Chief Justice Morrison Waite in the decision's headnote: The court does not wish to hear argument on the question whether the provision...
- List of aerial victories of Heinrich Gontermann Heinrich Gontermann was a German fighter ace during World War I. He was credited with 17 confirmed aerial...
- appears in nine m****cripts, the most famous in the form of a scroll with a headnote citing it as the work of "the chief Master Cooks of King Richard II". The...
- evidence pointing to Fayette as the place of organization. For example, a headnote to the earliest known version of chapter XXII of the Book of Commandments...