单词 | summing-up |
释义 | summing-up From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Lawsumming-upˌsumming-ˈup noun (plural summings-up) [countable]SCTSUMMARIZEa statement giving the main facts but not the details of something, especially made by a judge at the end of a trial In his summing-up, the judge said that it was dangerous to convict on this evidence alone. → sum upExamples from the Corpussumming-up• That number was the final summing-up.• There was truth in his harsh summing-up.• She had been right in her summing-up of him.• In his summing-up, the judge said it was for the jury to decide if Christopher How had been dishonest.• The year-end ones were the worst, heavy with the finality of a judicial summing-up.• After a rather unnecessarily long and elaborate trial, Justice Day's summing-up was refreshingly brief.• Moreover both counsel would shortly before the summing-up have reminded the jury of the burden of proof.• It took fifteen days to try: the summing-up lasted for a day: the jury returned thirteen special verdicts.From Longman Business Dictionary Lawsumming upˌsumming ˈup noun (plural summings up) [countable usually singular] LAW an occasion when a judge makes a statement at the end of a trial giving the main facts of the trialThe judge, in his summing up, failed to direct the jury that the defendant’s previously good character was relevant. |
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