In a trial, the judge's summing-up is the speech the judge makes at the end of the trial to remind the jury of the evidence and the main arguments of the case they have heard.
There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his summing-up.
summing-up in British English
noun
1.
a review or summary of the main points of an argument, speech, etc
2.
a direction regarding the law and a summary of the evidence, given by a judge when addressing the jury before they retire to consider their verdict
Examples of 'summing-up' in a sentence
summing-up
This seemed to be a fair summing-up of the general consensus of opinion.
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British English: summing-up NOUN
In a trial, the judge's summing-up is the speech the judge makes at the end of the trial to remind the jury of the evidence and the main arguments of the case they have heard.
There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his summing-up.