Abridgment

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Meaning of Abridgment

An epitome or compendium of another and larger work, wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are summarily contained.

What does Abridgment mean in American Law?

The definition of Abridgment in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

In general, a shortened version of a work; what results from the process of abridging it. There is a more particular legal meaning of the word, however: “Abridgement” was also used by early writers almost interchangeably with the word “digest” to describe a shortened compilation and explication of the common law, e.g., Viner’s Abridgment (24 volumes; late eighteenth century). A list of the major abridgments and digests of English law may be found in Jowitt (1977) under “Abridgment.”

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Synonyms of Abridgment

(Condensation), noun

  • abbreviation
  • abbreviature
  • abstract
  • aperçu
  • brief
  • capsule
  • compendium
  • compression
  • consolidation
  • conspectus
  • contraction
  • curtailment
  • digest
  • epitome
  • epitomization
  • extract
  • précis
  • reduction
  • sketch
  • summary
  • synopsis
  • Associated Concepts: abridgment of time

(Disentillement), noun

  • abatement
  • curtailment
  • deprivation
  • deprivement
  • dispossession
  • divestiture
  • limitation
  • loss
  • privation
  • restriction
  • Associated Concepts: abridgment of rights

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