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Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
summary proceeding — A proceeding by which a controversy is settled, case disposed of, or trial conducted in a prompt, simple manner without the aid of a jury and without observance of requirements which prevail in a plenary action in reference to commencement of… … Ballentine's law dictionary
summary proceeding — noun Date: 1643 a civil or criminal proceeding conducted without formalities (as pleadings) for the speedy disposition of a matter … New Collegiate Dictionary
summary proceeding — noun : a civil or criminal proceeding in the nature of a trial conducted without the formalities (as indictment, pleadings, and a jury) required by the common law, authorized by statute, and used for the speedy and peremptory disposition of some… … Useful english dictionary
summary proceeding — Law. a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing. * * * … Universalium
summary proceeding — sum′mary proceed′ing n. law a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing … From formal English to slang
summary — sum·ma·ry / sə mə rē/ adj: done immediately, concisely, and without usual formal procedures; esp: used in or done by summary proceeding compare plenary sum·mar·i·ly /sə mer ə lē/ adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster … Law dictionary
proceeding — pro·ceed·ing n 1: a particular step or series of steps in the enforcement, adjudication, or administration of rights, remedies, laws, or regulations: as a: an action, hearing, trial, or application before the court collateral proceeding: a… … Law dictionary
proceeding — In a general sense, the form and manner of conducting juridical business before a court or judicial officer. Regular and orderly progress in form of law, including all possible steps in an action from its commencement to the execution of judgment … Black's law dictionary
Summary offence — Criminal law Part of … Wikipedia
proceeding — In ordinary usage, including all methods of invoking the action of courts and applicable generally to any step taken by a suitor to obtain the interposition or action of a court. 1 Am J2d Actions § 3. An action. More particularly, any application … Ballentine's law dictionary
