summary proceedings

Noun

Meaning

summary proceedings pl (plural only)

(law) Certain statutory remedies taken without the formal bringing of an action by process and pleading.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

summary judgment

Examples

It is necessary for Courts of Justice to hold a strict hand over summary proceedings before magistrates, and I never will agree to relax any of the rules by which they have been bound. Their jurisdiction is of a limited nature, and they must shew that the party was brought within it. Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Close letter words and terms

summary of assets summary offence summary offense summary treatment summary trial summat