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summary jurisdiction

summary jurisdiction noun: the authority of a court of law to summarily issue a conviction, typically for a petty crime, without requiring a trial by jury.

Noun

summary jurisdiction (uncountable)

  1. The authority of a court of law to summarily issue a conviction, typically for a petty crime, without requiring a trial by jury.
    • […] I would (so far as regards children under fourteen years) take from magistrates their present power of summary jurisdiction, and substitute very extensive powers of a different nature ; […]1849, John Adams, Summary Jurisdiction: A Charge to the Grand Jury of the Quarter Sessions of the County of Middlesex, page 17

Origin of summary jurisdiction

Compound of summary + jurisdiction.

Questions about summary jurisdiction

What does summary jurisdiction mean?
Summary jurisdiction means the authority of a court of law to summarily issue a conviction, typically for a petty crime, without requiring a trial by jury.
What part of speech is summary jurisdiction?
Summary jurisdiction is a noun.

Words near summary jurisdiction in the dictionary

  1. summary dismissals
  2. summary execution
  3. summary executions
  4. summary judgment
  5. summary judgments
  6. summary jurisdiction
  7. summary offence
  8. summary offences
  9. summary proceedings
  10. summas
  11. summat

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