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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A headnote of a reported decision, briefly stating a conclusion on a point of law presented in the case. SYLVA CAEDUA (Lat.) In ecclesiastical law. Wood of any kind which was kept on purpose to be cut, and which, being cut, grew again from the stump or root.
Lyndw. Prov. 190; 4 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 90.