[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

syllabus \syl"labus\, n.; pl. e. syllabuses, l. syllabi.
   l., fr. the same source as e. syllable.
   1. a compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the
      like; an abstract.
      1913 webster

   2. law the headnote of a reported case; the brief statement
      of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported
      case. the opinion controls the syllabus, the latter being
      merely explanatory of the former.
      webster 1913 suppl.
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