Summary

Summary

(1):

(a.) Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts.

(2):

(a.) Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.

(3):

(a.) A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.