summing up
noun [ C, usually singular ]
LAW (also summing-up) ukusplural summings upa statement by a judge or lawyer to a jury in a court legal action that gives the main facts that have been provided, in order to help the jury decide if someone is guilty or not:
The failure of the trial judge to put this defence before the jury in his summing up was the major ground for upsetting the conviction.
The lawyer dramatically changed the course of the trial by his brilliant summing-up.