Canadian Abridgement Digests overview
The Canadian Abridgement Digests contain over 1.2 million case summaries organized by subject and classification.
The digests cover case reports dating back to 1803 and every case received from the courts since 1986 except for Quebec civil law.
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Canadian Abridgement Digests
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Finding Tools on the Westlaw Edge Canada homepage to browse the selection. From here, you can select a subject to go to its headings and classifications.Browse cases in reverse chronological order after you select a classification. Your results contain links to the case, the background facts, the proceeding, the disposition, and the reasons for disposition.
Select a case to view any other classifications where the case is indexed to help you learn which issues of law the case applies to. From there, you can select a classification to see other cases that fall under a similar classification.
The case's Citing References may also contain additional Abridgement Classifications under
Cases and Decisions
.