Abridge

In practice. To shorten a declaration or count by taking away or severing some of the substance of it. Brooke, Abr. "Abridgment;" Comyn, Dig. "Abridgment;" 1 Viner, Abr. 109. To abridge a plaint is to strike out a part of the demand, and pray that the tenant answer to the rest. This was allowable generally in real actions where the writ was de libera tenemento, as assize, dower, etc., where the demandant claims land of which the tenant was not seized. See 1 Wm. Saund. 207, note 2; 2 Wm. Saund. 24, 330; Brooke, Abr. "Abridgment;" 1 Pet. (U. S.) 74; Stearns, Real Actions, 204. To abridge damage is to reduce the same after the rendition of the verdict.

To reduce or contract; usually spoken of written language. In copyright law, to abridge means to epitomize ; to reduce; to contract. It implies preserving the substance, the essence, of a work, in language suited to such a purpose. In making extracts there is no condensation of the author's language, and hence no abridgment. To abridge requires the exercise of the mind; it is not copying. Between a compilation and an abridgment there is a clear distinction. A compilation consists of selected extracts from different authors; an abridgment is a condensation of the views of one author. Story v. Holcombe, 4 McLean, 306, 310, Fed. Cas. No. 13,497.

In practice. To shorten a declaration or count by taking away or severing some of the substance of it. Brooke, Abr. "Abridgment."

To shorten; to diminish; to condense; to epitomize; to make shorter, not in words merely, but by subtracting or omitting a portion of the substance; to deprive or cut off; to limit or curtail, as, to abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens. Abridgment. An epitome or compendium containing the principal ideas of the larger work. Applied to books in which adjudged points of law are gathered from the decisions and systematically arranged to facilitate reference. An abridgment of a copyrighted publication (such as the law will permit) is a real and substantial condensation of the materials, not merely a selection and rearrangement to bring the work into smaller compass.

To reduce or contract; usnally spoken of written language. la copyrightiaw, ta abridge means to epitomize; to reduce; to contract. Ji implies preserving the substance, the essence, of a work, in language suited to sucha purpose. In making extracts there is no condensation of the author's language, and henee no abridgment. Toabridge requires the exercise of the mind; itis not copying. Between a compilation wand an abridgment there is a clear distinction, A compilation consists of selected extracis from different authors; au abridgment isa condensation of the views of one author. 4 Me- Lean, 805, 310.

In practice. To shorten a declaration or count by taking away or severing some of the substance of it. Brooke, Abr. “ Abridgment.”

[from Fr. abreger; L. Lat. abbreviare.] In old practice. To make shorter; not, however, in words only, as in the popular sense, retaining the substance, but by subtracting, severing, or leaving out some of the substance itself. Applied to plaints or declarations in the old real actions. Bro. Abr. Abridgment. Cowell. Story J., 3 Peters' U. S. R. 99, 183.