summar, a. and n. Sc. Chiefly Law.
(ˈsʌmər)
Also 6 summair, sommair, sumare, 7–8 summer.
[a. F. sommaire, with subsequent assimilation to its source, L. summārius summary.]
A. adj. = summary a.
| 1585 Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 56 Ane rype ingyne,..With sommair reasons, suddenlie applyit. 1593 J. Napier Discov. Rev. St. John, Orac. T 4 b, In summar conclusion, if thou O Rome alledges thy self reformed [etc.]. 1617 Acts Parl. Scot., Jas. VI, (1816) IV. 550/1 Quhairby goode and summer Justice may be done. 1628 Mure Doomesday 83 A summar processe shall ensew. 1678 G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. ii. viii. §7 (1699) 196 The Pursuer, or Defender, being convict..without any Probation, except summar Cognition. 1693 Stair Inst. Law Scot. iv. iii. §25 A Summar Action is of two sorts. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. s.v. Rolls of Court, The Summar roll is appropriated to such causes as require dispatch. 1868 Act 31 & 32 Vict. c. 100 §63 The Court..shall hear Parties in the Summar Roll. |
† B. n. = summary n. 1. Obs.
| 1570 Buchanan Admonit. Wks. (1892) 22 The summar is this. 1595 in Cath. Rec. Soc. Publ. V. 360 The sumare of a letter sent by Mr. Freeman. |