Syllabuses

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

  Syllabus \Syl"la*bus\, 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.]