Definition of Summing up

1. Noun. A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court).

Exact synonyms: Rundown, Summation
Generic synonyms: Sum-up, Summary
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Sum, Summational

Definition of Summing up

1. Verb. (present participle of sum up) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Summing Up

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summersets
summersetted
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summersweet
summersweets
summertide
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summertime
summertimes
summerwear
summerwood
summerwoods
summery
summing
summing up (current term)
summings
summist
summists
summit
summit meeting
summital
summited
summiteer
summiteers
summities
summiting
summitless
summitries
summitry

Literary usage of Summing up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1846)
"summing up uf Lord Audley. ViT(Iicl of guilty. should declare only to him the secrets of my conscience, touching the King's supremacy, the special point and ..."

2. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"We have chosen the mildest of these punishments. Baldus writes, CHAP. CLXXII. AD 1794. summing up of Lord Chief Justice Clerk ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"1 MACAULAY'S summing up In the reign of Henry VII all the political differences which had agitated England since the Norman conquest seemed to be set at ..."

4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Mr. Johnson's administration is now closed, and the beginning of a new presidency is a very convenient time for summing up the result, and measuring the ..."

5. Hints on Advocacy: Conduct of Cases Civil and Criminal. Classes of Witnesses by Richard Harris (1884)
"AS TO SUMMING-UP THE DEFENDANT'S CASE. A FEW words will suffice for this subject. ... It should be remembered that summing-up your evidence is not a ..."

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