sum

sum
In English law, a summary or abstract; a compendium; a collection. Several of the old law treatises are called "sums."
Lord Hale applies the term to summaries of statute law. The sense in which the term is most commonly used is "money"; a quantity of money or currency; any amount indefinitely, a sum of money, a small sum, or a large sum. U. S. v. Van Auken, 96 U.S. 366, 368, 24 L.Ed. 852

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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