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Definition of Headnotes
1. headnote [n] - See also: headnote
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headnotes
Literary usage of Headnotes
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 (1913)
"[4] Having dealt with the special assignments of error In the headnotes, we need
say nothing more than that a review of the record satisfies us that the ..."
2. A Treatise on Franchises: Especially Those of Public Service Corporations by Joseph Asbury Joyce (1909)
"headnotes.* Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern
District of New York. It is not a question of discretion or comity for the ..."
3. The Canadian Law Times by Judicial Committee, Great Britain, Privy Council (1894)
"As regards mere length, a comparison of several leading cases shows that in some
cases The Law Reports headnotes are longer than those of The Reports, ..."