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Summary execution — A summary execution is a variety of execution in which a person is killed on the spot without trial or after a show trial. Summary executions have been practiced by the police, military, and paramilitary organizations and are associated with… … Wikipedia
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summary — [[t]sʌ̱məri[/t]] summaries 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A summary of something is a short account of it, which gives the main points but not the details. What follows is a brief summary of the process... Here s a summary of the day s news... Milligan… … English dictionary
execution — ex|e|cu|tion [ˌeksıˈkju:ʃən] n 1.) [U and C] when someone is killed, especially as a legal punishment ▪ their torture and summary execution (=execution without a trial or any legal process) ▪ a public execution ▪ He was granted a stay of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
summary — sum|ma|ry1 [ˈsʌməri] n plural summaries a short statement that gives the main information about something, without giving all the details ▪ A brief summary is given on a separate sheet. summary of ▪ The group produces a monthly summary of their… … Dictionary of contemporary English
summary — 1 noun (C) a short statement that gives the main information about something, without giving all the details: Please write a one page summary of this report. | a news summary | in summary: So, in summary, we ve got to try to get further funding.… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
summary — 1. noun a summary of the findings Syn: synopsis, précis, résumé, abstract, digest, encapsulation, abbreviated version; outline, sketch, rundown, review, summing up, overview, recapitulation, epitome; informal recap 2. adjective 1) … Thesaurus of popular words
Execution (novel) — Execution is a 1958 war novel by Canadian novelist and Second World War veteran Colin McDougall (1917 ndash;1984). Although it won McDougall the 1958 Governor General s Award for English language fiction, it was his only novel, and after… … Wikipedia
summary diligence — in Scots law, a procedure whereby certain constituted obligations can be enforced without the need to apply to a court. To be able to exercise this right it is necessary that the deed contains a clause containing the debtor s comments to… … Law dictionary
execution — noun 1 killing sb as an official punishment ADJECTIVE ▪ public ▪ mass ▪ judicial ▪ extrajudicial ▪ federal, state … Collocations dictionary
summary — ▪ I. summary sum‧ma‧ry 1 [ˈsʌməri] noun summaries PLURALFORM [countable] a short statement that gives the main information contained in a document, plan etc or the main things that happened at an event, without giving all the details: • Here is a … Financial and business terms
