See Also: Summary(money)
summary(1)(dictionary)
summary(2)(dictionary)
Executive Summary(money)
Summary Judgment(law)
Summary Judgement(law)
SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS(law)
summary 2, adjective(dictionary)
summary 1, noun(dictionary)
Summary Judgement(money)

summary(1) (iou)



summary adjective. LME.
[medieval Latin summarius, formed as SUMMARY noun.]
Containing the chief points of a matter; dispensing with unnecessary detail; compendious. Also, characterized by conciseness and brevity. LME.
British Journal of Sociology I will merely outline my position..in the most summary of fashions.
b. General, not detailed. E16-E18.
c. Law. Of legal proceedings: carried out rapidly by the omission of certain formalities. Opp. plenary. (Earlier in SUMMARILY 2.) M18.
summary conviction: see CONVICTION 1. summary jurisdiction authority to use summary proceedings, spec. that of a judge or magistrate to try a case without a jury. summary offence an offence that can only be tried summarily (opp. indictable offence).
Consisting of or relating to addition or a sum. rare. L16-E19.
Highest; supreme. rare. L16-M18.
Performed or effected by a short method; done without delay. (Earlier in SUMMARILY 3.) E18.
Dickens He cleared the table by the summary process of tilting everything upon it into the fire-place.
summariness noun E19.