A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in the US and a non-doctoral degree in the UK; a thesis.
A lengthy lecture on a subject; a treatise; a discourse; a sermon.
A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.
The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.