summary

(sŭm'ə-rē)
adj.

1. Presenting the substance in a condensed form; concise: a summary review.
2. Performed speedily and without ceremony: summary justice; a summary rejection.

n., pl., -ries.
A presentation of the substance of a body of material in a condensed form or by reducing it to its main points; an abstract.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin summārius, of or concerning the sum, from Latin summa, sum. See sum.]

summarily sum·mar'i·ly (sə-mĕr'ə-lē) adv.
summariness sum'ma·ri·ness n.

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adjective

Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen: brief, compendious, concise, laconic, lean², short, succinct, terse. See big/small/amount, style/good style/bad style, words.

noun

A condensation of the essential or main points of something: recapitulation, rundown, run-through, sum, summation, summing-up, wrap-up. Informal recap. See words.

adj

Definition: concise, to the point
Antonyms: lengthy, long, long-winded, unabridged, wordy

n

Definition: short statement of main points
Antonyms: detail, dissertation, thesis

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

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.

A summary judgment is a final decision in a civil action that does not involve lengthy presentations of evidence. It totally circumvents the need for trial because there is no genuine issue of fact concerning specified questions in the lawsuit that must be decided. In such an action, the party who believes that she is entitled to prevail as a matter of law makes a motion for summary judgment. In deciding such a motion, the court considers the entire record of the case and, if the evidence warrants it, can even grant a summary judgment to the party who did not ask for it. Summary judgment is governed in federal courts by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and in state courts by state codes of civil procedure.

IN BRIEF: adv. - Without delay.

He was summarily dismissed by the Director.

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For a list of words related to summary, see:

• Relative Time - summary: (adj) quickly done, without delay
• Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - summary: concise, general description of larger argument or system

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Common misspelling(s) of summary

• sumary

Dansk (Danish)
n. - opsummering, referat, resumé, sammendrag, oversigt, sammenfatning
adj. - refererende, summarisk, kortfattet

idioms:

• summary conviction    sammenfattende domsafsigelse
• summary jurisdiction    summarisk jurisdiktion
• summary offence    flergangsforbrydelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
samenvatting, summier, zonder uitstel van een proces, samengevat

Français (French)
n. - résumé
adj. - (gén, Jur) sommaire

idioms:

• summary conviction    arrestation sommaire
• summary jurisdiction    (Jur) juridiction sommaire
• summary offence    (US, Jur) infraction (punissable par procédure) sommaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zusammenfassung
adj. - summarisch, knapp

idioms:

• summary conviction    Verurteilung im summarischen Verfahren
• summary jurisdiction    Schnelljustiz
• summary offence    Bagatellstrafsache

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περίληψη, σύνοψη, ανακεφαλαίωση
adj. - περιληπτικός, συνοπτικός

idioms:

• summary conviction    καταδίκη μετά από συνοπτική διαδικασία (χωρίς ενόρκους)
• summary jurisdiction    (νομ.) δικαιοδοσία για συνοπτική διαδικασία
• summary offence    (νομ.) αδίκημα που εμπίπτει σε συνοπτικές διαδικασίες

Italiano (Italian)
riassunto, compendio, sommario

idioms:

• summary conviction    giudizio sommario
• summary jurisdiction    giustizia sommaria
• summary offence    reato minore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - resumo (m)
adj. - sumário

idioms:

• summary conviction    sentença sumária
• summary jurisdiction    jurisdição sumária
• summary offence    ofensa sumária

Русский (Russian)
краткое изложение, конспект, резюме, суммарный, краткий, сделанный без отлагательства, бесцеремонный, скорый, упрощенный, осуществляемый без участия присяжных

idioms:

• summary conviction    осуждение в порядке суммарного производства
• summary jurisdiction    упрощенное производство
• summary offence    преступление, преследуемое в порядке суммарного производства

Español (Spanish)
n. - resumen, compendio, síntesis, sumario
adj. - breve, resumido

idioms:

• summary conviction    condena por un delito menor dictada por tribunal sin jurado
• summary jurisdiction    jurisdicción sumaria
• summary offence    falta, delito menor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sammanfattning, sammandrag, resumé, översikt, summering
adj. - kortfattad, summarisk, sammanfattande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
摘要, 概要, 摘要的, 简略的

idioms:

• summary conviction    即决裁定
• summary jurisdiction    简易审判权
• summary offence    即决犯罪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 摘要, 概要
adj. - 摘要的, 簡略的

idioms:

• summary conviction    即決裁定
• summary jurisdiction    簡易審判權
• summary offence    即決犯罪

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 요약, 개요, 대략
adj. - 요약한, 간략한, 약식의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一覧, 概要, 要約
adj. - 要約した, かいつまんだ, 略式の

idioms:

• summary conviction    即決判決
• summary jurisdiction    即決裁判権
• summary offence    軽犯罪, 略式起訴犯罪

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موجز , تلخيص (صفه) موجز, سريع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תמצית, קיצור, סיכום‬
adj. - ‮קצר, תמציתי, מתומצת, מזורז, מהיר, מיידי, ללא דיחוי‬

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