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  1. A book or series in which cases are summarized and indexed by topics, such as legal issues involved in the case or statutes on which the court ruled.
  2. To create a summary of a case.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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