1) Article-preceding summary 2) Legal terminology
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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 issue in an opinion. As the term implies, headnotes appear at the beginning of the published opinion. Frequently, headnotes are `value-added` components appended to decisions by the publisher w.....
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• (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.
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(n) Headnote is the caption, keywords, shortened legal points, summery etc appearing at the top of a published report. Headnote helps the readers by providing summarized information at a glance
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Head'note` (-nōt`)
noun 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.
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In a printed legal opinion, the summary appearing above the decision that summarizes the key legal points of the case.
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