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sum·ma·ry /'sə-mə-rē/ adj: done immediately, concisely, and without usual formal procedures; esp: used in or done by summary proceeding compare plenarysum·mar·i·ly /sə-'mer-ə-lē/ adv
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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brevis, concise, direct, done without delay, expeditious, hasty, hurried, immediate, instantaneous, prompt, quick, quickly executed, quickly performed, rapid, speedy, sudden, swift
associated concepts: summary action, summary contempt, summary conviction, summary hearing, summary judgment, summary proceeding, summary process, summary punishment
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abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, analysis, brief, compend, compendium, compilation, compressed statement, conspectus, core, digest, epitoma, epitome, minute, note, outline, pandect, recap, recapitulation, report, restatement, review, short version, skeleton, summarium, syllabus, synopsis
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abridgment (condensation), abstract, account (report), brief (adjective), brief (noun), capsule, compact (pithy), compendium, concise, cursory, decisive, digest, direct (forthright), narration, pandect (treatise), paraphrase, pithy, prompt, proposal (report), prospectus, recital, report (detailed account), restatement, scenario, statement, succinct, sum (tally), synopsis
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.A concise statement of the main points of a longer document.v.summarizeadj.(1) Concise.(2) Conducted without the usual formalities.(3) Done by a judge or magistrate without a jury.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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short and free from the complexities and delays of a full trial.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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As a noun, an abridgment; brief; compendium; digest; also a short application to a court or judge, without the formality of a full proceeding.As an adjective, short; concise; immediate; peremptory; off-hand; without a jury; provisional; statutory. The term as used in connection with legal proceedings means a short, concise, and immediate proceeding.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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As a noun, an abridgment; brief; compendium; digest; also a short application to a court or judge, without the formality of a full proceeding.As an adjective, short; concise; immediate; peremptory; off-hand; without a jury; provisional; statutory. The term as used in connection with legal proceedings means a short, concise, and immediate proceeding.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.