COMPILE

To compile ls to copy from various authors into one work. Between a compilation and an abrldgment there ls a clear distinction. A compilation consists of selected extracts fro in different authors; an abridgment is a ·condensation of the views of one author. Story v. Holcombe, 4 McLean, 306, 314, Fed. Cas. No. 13,497. -Compilation..A, literary production, composed of the works of others and arranged in a methodical manner.-Compiled statutes. A collection of the statutes existing and in force in a given state, aU laws and parts of l11ws relating to each subject-matter being brought together under one head, and the,~hole arranged syatematically in one book, eimer under an [s. 239]