summary

summary
sum·ma·ry /'sə-mə-rē/ adj: done immediately, concisely, and without usual formal procedures; esp: used in or done by summary proceeding compare plenary
sum·mar·i·ly /sə-'mer-ə-lē/ adv

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

summary
I adjective 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 II noun 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 III index 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. . 2006


summary
n.
A concise statement of the main points of a longer document.
v.
summarize
adj.
(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. . 2008.


summary
short and free from the complexities and delays of a full trial.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


summary
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.


summary
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.

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