What does "summary" mean?
Summary: Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.
Additional senses
- 2.A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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