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plenary
adj. full, complete, covering all matters, usually referring to an order, hearing or trial.
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PLENARY. Full, complete.
2. In the courts of admiralty, and in the English ecclesiastical
courts, causes or suits in respect of the different course of proceeding in
each, are termed plenary or summary. Plenary, or full and formal suits, are
those in which the proceedings must be full and formal: the term summary is
applied to those causes where the proceedings are more succinct and less
formal. Law's Oughton, 41; 2 Chit. Pr. 481.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.