Hypertext Webster Gateway: "headnote"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Headnote \Head"note`\, 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.
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