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Definition of Abridgments
1. abridgment [n] - See also: abridgment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abridgments
Literary usage of Abridgments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Study of Cases: A Course of Instruction in Reading and Stating Reported by Eugene Wambaugh (1894)
"On account of the fulness of these abridgments, and on account of the fact that,
at the time of the publication of the latest of them, most of the Year ..."
2. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"abridgments AND DIGESTS OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Six. 1. DIGEST of all
such Acts of Congress as concern the United States at large j all existing ..."
3. The Law of Torts Or Private Wrongs by Francis Hilliard (1861)
"abridgments. 56. Translations. 57. Price current. 59. Law Reports, marginal notes,
dramatic compositions. 58. Charts, engravings, &c. ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1872)
"... abridgments. MM Brooke's Abridgment, Conscience and Subpoena, pL 4 . . .
.305 Incidents, pi. 20 . . . .253 Pleadings, pi. 88 . ..."
5. Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors. by John Timbs (1829)
"Abstracts, abridgments, summaries, &c. have the same tise with burning glasses,
to collect the diffused rays of •wit and learning in authors, ..."
6. A Course of Legal Study: Addressed to Students and the Profession Generally by David Hoffman (1836)
"25, has given the following advice: 'Take heed, reader, of all abridgments, for
the chief use of them is as of tables, to find the book at large. ..."
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