Crossword clues for headnote
headnote
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Headnote \Head"note`\ (-n[=o]t`), 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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context legal English) a summary of the relevant aspects of a legal case usually found at the beginning of a case report. 2 A note at the head of a page or chapter.
Wikipedia
A headnote is a brief summary of a particular point of law that is added to the text of a court decision to aid readers in locating discussion of a legal issue in an opinion. As the term implies, headnotes appear at the beginning of the published opinion.
Frequently, headnotes are "value-added" components appended to decisions by the publisher who compiles the decisions of a court for resale. As handed down by the court, a decision or written opinion does not contain headnotes. These are added later by an editor not connected to the court, but who instead works for a legal publishing house.
In 1906, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Company, , that headnotes have no legal standing and therefore do not set precedent.
Usage examples of "headnote".
Sage, who made a suitable face in return and then stood to attention and, with a piercing headnote, cut into the Internationale.
Marty headnotes deal with the science fiction writer career, while I write on some subject or other that either the author or the story has inspired in my weird brain.
I read Marty headnotes with avidity for they always tell me more about the writer than I know, but not more than I want to know, of course.