Summary

sum′a-ri, adj. summed up or condensed: short: brief: compendious: done by a short method.— n. an abstract, abridgment, or compendium.— adv. Summ′arily .— n. Summ′arine .— v.t. Summ′arise , to present in a summary or briefly.— ns. Summ′arist ; one who summarises; Summ′ūla , a brief educational text-book.— Summary diligence (Scots law), the proce by which execution may proceed without the need of further application to the court, in the case of bonds and other instruments registered for execution.