Syllabus

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.

An abstract; a head note. The brief statement of the point or points decided, prefixed to the printed report of a case. The head note of a reported case is a thing upon which much skill and thought is required to express In clear, concise language the principle of law 'to be deduced, or the decision to which it is prefixed, or the facts and circumstances which bring the case in hand within the same principle or rule of law or of practice. 17 C. B. 459. Unless the headnote is given special force by statute or rule of court, the opinion is to be looked to for the original and authentic grounds of the decision; Burbank v. Ernst, 232 U. S. 162, 34 Sup. Ct. 299, 58 L. Ed.. If made under a statute, the opinion may be examined to ascertain the scope of the decision; Ohio Tax Cases, 232 U. S. 576, 34 Sup. Ct 372, 58 L. Ed.. It should be used only as a guide to the decision, even if prepared by the court itself; Brief Making, by Lile and others, Cooley's Ed. 116. The duty of framing the syllabus of its opinions cannot be imposed upon a court except by constitutional provision; Ex parte Griffiths, 118 Ind. 83, 20 N. E. 513, 3 L. R. A. 398, 10 Am. St. Rep. 107. In West Virginia it is the law of the case, whatever may be the reasoning of the opinion of the court; Kuhn v. Coal Co., 215 U. S. 356, 30 Sup. Ct. 140, 54 L. Ed. 228. eighty condemned propositions addressed by Pope Pius IX to all the Catholic episcopate, December 8, 1864. It gave rise to the most violent polemics; the Ultramontane party was loud in its praise, while the liberals treated it as a declaration of war by the church on modern society and civilization. Encycl. Br. See Copyright; Infringement; Paragraph. SYLVA C/€ D UA. In Ecclesiastical Law. Wood of any kind which was kept on purpose to be cut, and which being cut grew again from the stem or root. 4 Keeve, Hist. Eng. L. 90.

i An abstract; a head-note. The brief statement of the point or points decided, prefixed to the printed report of a case. Being prepared by the reporter, it is not an authoritative part of the report. See Eepokt, 1 (2). English plural, syllabuses; Latin plural, syllabi.