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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 262 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIGEST , a See also:

term used generally of any digested or carefully arranged collection or compendium of written See also:matter, but more particularly in See also:law of a compilation in condensed See also:form of a See also:body of law digested in a systematical method; e.g. the Digest (Digesta) or See also:Pandects (lI&vaeKTat) of Justinian, a collection of extracts from the earlier jurists compiled by See also:order of the See also:emperor Justinian. The word is also given t'o the compilations of the See also:main points (marginal or See also:hand-notes) of decided cases, usually arranged in alphabetical and subject order, and published under such titles as " See also:Common Law Digest," " See also:Annual Digest," &c.

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