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.]