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summary

/sˈʌmɜriː/A2

即決的 / 草率的 (adj.)

在法律和官場語境中，`summary` 作形容詞指「不經繁瑣法律程序、當場立即執行的」。`summary judgment` 就是「即決審判/直接判決」。

It was an unprecedented roundup of criminals of every ilk.

Your brother made a public show of it, meting out the summary judgments himself.

I'm told they needed a two-horse cart to haul away the resulting dismemberments when it was done.