key number system

key-number system. A legal-research indexing system developed by West Publishing Company (now West) to catalogue American caselaw with headnotes. • In this system, a number designates a point of law, allowing a researcher to find all reported cases addressing a particular point by referring to its number.

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词条贡献者

译员Clara，毕业于国内知名法学院，擅长翻译有关建筑领域的法律文件。