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MARGINAL NOTE Definition & Legal Meaning

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In Scotch law.A note inserted on the margin of a deed, embodying either some clause which was omitted in transcribing or some change In the agreement of the parties. Bell. An abstract of a reported case, a summary of the facts, or brief statement of the principle decided, which is prefixed to the report of the case, sometimes in the margin, is also spoken of by this name.

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