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n. a summary of the relevant aspects of a legal case usually found at the beginning of a case report.

n. A note at the head of a page or chapter.

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.

n. A note or remark placed at the head, as of a chapter or page; specifically, a brief and condensed statement introductory to a report of a legal decision, stating the principles of law to be deduced from the decision to which it is prefixed, or the facts and circumstances which bring the case in hand within the principle or rule of law or of practice which the court applied; a syllabus.

n. See head-tone and head-voice.

"He wrote a "headnote" to the decision: "The defendant corporations are persons within the intent of the clause in section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.""

endnote    footnote