American Digest System

Case digests for American law, comprised of three different series: the Centennial Digest (cases up to 1896); the Decennial Digest (a number of sets covering either 10 or 5 years of cases, commencing in 1896); and the General Digest (volumes covering the period since the most recent Decennial Digest). The case digests are classified using the West Key Number System . This publication is the US equivalent to the Canadian Abridgment Case Digests.

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Mentioned in these Entries

American Law Reports (ALR), Badger’s General index, Canadian Encyclopedic Digest: First Ontario Edition, Canadian Encyclopedic Digest: First Western Edition, Curnin’s Index, Digests and American Law Reports, Henry Smythies’ Analytical Digest, Key Number System, U.S. Digests.

American Digest System

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See Also

• Digest