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summary offence

summary offence noun: a crime in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment, as required for an indictable offence.

Noun

summary offence (plural summary offences)

  1. (Australia, Canada, Hong-Kong, UK) A crime in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment, as required for an indictable offence.

Forms of summary offence

pluralsummary offences

Questions about summary offence

What does summary offence mean?
Summary offence means a crime in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment, as required for an indictable offence.
What part of speech is summary offence?
Summary offence is a noun.
What is the plural of summary offence?
The plural of summary offence is summary offences.

Words near summary offence in the dictionary

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

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