summing-up

plural summings-up · plural summing-ups

1. alternativeAlternative form of summing up.

   The film’s complexity arises from the narrators’ conflicting judgments, their summing-ups of Kane.

   1973, David Bordwell, “The Dual Cinematic Tradition in Citizen Kane”, in Stanley J. Solomon, editor, The Classic Cinema: Essays in Criticism, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., →ISBN, page 185

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   There and then, have I often heard,[…], above all, (nam supereminet omnes) the calm, dignified, and elegant summings-up, of Lord Mansfield: delivered in “silver tones,” that / “Rose like a steam of rich distill’d perfumes, / And stole upon the air.” / which were heard with a silence “still as death;” and never failed to fascinate, though they might not always convince.

   1830 December 9, The Bath Chronicle, volume 73, number 3571, Bath: […] H. E. Carrington, […], front page, column 2

   “[…] And now, having convinced you all to my way of thinking, I will leave the case in the hands of our wise and competent judge.” / “Wait,” said Uncle Charley; “I believe the captains are usually allowed a sort of summing-up speech, are they not?” / “They are in this case, anyway,” said Patty. “Mr. Elliott will please go ahead with his summing-up.”

   1904, Carolyn Wells, “The Decision”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 18

   Bond had just finished his sketchy summing-up of the players when Le Chiffre, with the silence and economy of movement of a big fish, came through the opening in the brass rail and, with a cold smile of welcome for the table, took his place directly opposite Bond in the banker's chair.

   1953, Ian Fleming, “The High Table”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 73

   I will not attempt to sum up their summing-ups, but will nevertheless hazard certain conclusions - necessarily of a somewhat subjective nature.

   1985, John Michel Gibb, “Summing-up”, in John Michel Gibb, editor, Science Parks and Innovation Centres: Their Economic and Social Impact: Proceedings of the Conference Held in Berlin 13–15 February 1985, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 302

   In the first two appeals the judges had to cope with the new provisions without guidance. Their summing-ups were defective and the appeals must be allowed.

   1995 October 25, Ying Hui Tan, “Directions on defendant’s silence at trial”, in Independent, number 2,814, page 16, column 8