DIGEST  , a

term used generally of any digested or carefully arranged collection or compendium of written matter, but more particularly in law of a compilation in condensed form of a body of law digested in a systematical method; e.g. the Digest (Digesta) or Pandects (lI&vaeKTat) of Justinian, a collection of extracts from the earlier jurists compiled by order of the emperor Justinian . The word is also given t'o the compilations of the main points (marginal or hand-notes) of decided cases, usually arranged in alphabetical and subject order, and published under such titles as " Common Law Digest," " Annual Digest," &c .