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Definition of Headnote
1. 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.
Definition of Headnote
1. Noun. (legal) a summary of the relevant aspects of a legal case usually found at the beginning of a case report. ¹
2. Noun. A note at the head of a page or chapter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headnote
1. a prefixed note [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headnote
Literary usage of Headnote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"to registration as mentioned in the headnote numbered 2, he is otherwise a
qualified voter under the law of Georgia. (b) This is true notwithstanding the ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1917)
"headnote 2, 28 LRA 433, to Mayer v. Thompson- Hutchison Bldg. Co. 104 Ala. ...
headnote 1, 25 LRA(NS) 343, to Ward v. Pullman Car Corp. 131 Ky. ..."
3. The Ontario Law Reports: Cases Determined in the Court of Appeal and in the ...by Ontario High Court of Justice, Ontario Court of Appeal, Law Society of Upper Canada by Ontario High Court of Justice, Ontario Court of Appeal, Law Society of Upper Canada (1906)
"Page 81, headnote, line 5 from end, delete " use of." Page 242, headnote ...
Page 647, headnote, line 4 from bottom, insert "title of the" before tha word ..."
4. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"16, 23 NE 384, 7 LRA 128, headnote.) "Where an agent undertook to build a ...
741, headnote.) "For a misfeasance done by an agent, in the line of his agency ..."
5. The Ontario Reports: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the Queen's by Ontario High Court of Justice (1888)
"Page 66, line 4, headnote, for "undisturbed" read " undistributed. Page 76, Hue
9 from bottom, for Williamson's Co*e read ..."
6. A Treatise on the Modern Law of Corporations: With Reference to Formation by Arthur Webster Machen (1908)
"172, 176 adopted in order to carry out the (headnote inadequate); 23 NY intent as
... 428, 431 (headnote engaged in trade, denotes those inadequate); ..."
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