Legal Definition and Related Resources of Summary

An abridgement. As applied to legal proceedings, they are said to be summary when it is to be proceeded without delay and without all of the formalities of a trial .

noun

• abbreviation
• abridgement
• 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

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

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Abstract, Abstract Of Title, Genuine Issue, Head Note, Magistrate, Material Fact, Proof, Small Claims Court.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Summary in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term summary into Spanish: sumario (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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