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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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SUMMARY, adj. In Sc. Law combs.: summary action, application, cause, complaint, diligence, applied to such procedures as dispense with the full formalities of the law (see quots.). See Summar.Sc. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process 256:
In all Cases which require extraordinary Dispatch, the private Party aggrieved, or the Procurator-fiscal, may apply to the Sheriff by summary Complaint.Sc. 1773 Erskine Institute iv. i. § 9:
Sundry actions proceed upon a citation by warrant of the Court of Session, without any summons issuing from the signet, and are therefore denominated summary actions.Sc. 1811 Morison Decisions 14979:
A process with penal conclusions against a bankrupt, must proceed with concourse of his Majesty's advocate, and by summary application.Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 954:
Summary actions are those which are brought into court not by summons, advocation or suspension, but by petition and summary complaint. Most summary causes are to be remitted to the junior Ordinary on the Bills.Sc. 1927 Gloag and Henderson Intro. Law Scot. 289:
Summary diligence is the method by which payment of a bill or promissory note may be enforced without the necessity of an action to constitute the debt.