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summary
summary: n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) a brief account; an abridgement. --adj.
1 dispensing with needless details or formalities; brief (a summary account).
2 Law (of a trial etc.) without the customary legal formalities (summary justice). øsummary conviction a conviction made by a judge or magistrates without a jury. summary jurisdiction the authority of a court to use summary proceedings and arrive at a judgement. summary offence an offence within the scope of a summary court. øøsummarily adv. summariness n. [ME f. L summarium f. L summa SUM]
Most popular pairs with summary
executive summary
book summary
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