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the last part of a speech or the judge's statement of a case to the jurors before they retire to consider their verdict.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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summing up — ˌsumming ˈup noun summings up PLURALFORM [countable usually singular] LAW an occasion when a judge makes a statement at the end of a trial giving the main facts of the trial: • The judge, in his summing up, failed to direct the jury that the… … Financial and business terms
summing-up — plural summings up n a statement giving the main facts but not the details of something, especially made by a judge at the end of a ↑trial ▪ In his summing up, the judge said that it was dangerous to convict on this evidence alone. →sum up(2) … Dictionary of contemporary English
summing–up — sum·ming–up n: closing argument Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
summing-up — ► NOUN 1) a summary. 2) Law a judge s review of evidence at the end of a case, with a direction to the jury regarding points of law … English terms dictionary
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summing-up — summings up also summing up N COUNT In a trial, the judge s summing up is the speech the judge makes at the end of the trial to remind the jury of the evidence and the main arguments of the case they have heard. There was pandemonium in court as… … English dictionary
Summing — Sum Sum, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Summed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Summing}.] [Cf. F. sommer, LL. summare.] 1. To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; usually with up.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Summing up — Sum Sum, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Summed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Summing}.] [Cf. F. sommer, LL. summare.] 1. To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; usually with up.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
summing-up — UK [ˌsʌmɪŋ ˈʌp] / US noun [countable] Word forms summing up : singular summing up plural summings up legal a) a statement made by a lawyer or judge that gives a summary of the evidence in a case b) a statement in which someone gives a short… … English dictionary
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