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Digest :: Digest (v. t.) A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest..

Compend :: Compend (n.) A compendium; an epitome; a summary.

Summit :: Summist (n.) One who sums up; one who forms an abridgment or summary.

Summation :: Summary (a.) A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account..

Expulsion :: Expulsion (n.) The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc..

Catechism :: Catechism (n.) A book containing a summary of principles, especially of religious doctrine, reduced to the form of questions and answers..

Docket :: Docket (n.) A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest..

Symbol :: Symbol (n.) An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion..

Sentence :: Sentence (n.) A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as, Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences..

Institute :: Institute (a.) Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n..

Argument :: Argument (n.) The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem..

Compendium :: Compendium (n.) A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary..

Capitule :: Capitule (n.) A summary.

Creed :: Creed (v. t.) A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp., one which is brief and comprehensive..

Prospectus :: Prospectus (n.) A summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature; especially, an exposition of the scheme of an unpublished literary work..

Comprehension :: Comprehension (n.) That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome.

Epitome :: Epitome (n.) A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.

Breviary :: Breviary (n.) An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.

Summarist :: Summarily (adv.) In a summary manner.

Breviate :: Breviate (n.) A short compend; a summary; a brief statement.

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