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headnotenoun
a summary of the relevant aspects of a legal case usually found at the beginning of a case report.
headnotenoun
A note at the head of a page or chapter.
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Headnotenoun
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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Headnote
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 who compiles the decisions of a court for resale. As handed down by the court, a decision or written opinion does not contain headnotes. These are added later by an editor not connected to the court, but who instead works for a legal publishing house. In 1906, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Company, 200 U.S. 321, that headnotes have no legal standing and therefore do not set precedent.
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The numerical value of headnote in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
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The numerical value of headnote in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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