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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In copyright law. An abridgment consisting not merely in the arrangement of excerpts, but one involving reni and substantial condensation of the materials by the exercise of intellectual labor and judgment.

Folsom v. Marsh, 9 Fed. Cas. 345.