summary offence
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Related to Summary conviction offence: Indictable offense, Summary offense
summary offence
an offence which is charged in a summary court and which accordingly attracts a lesser sentence. The summary court will not have a jury. In the UK such courts are found in the Magistrates Court and the Sheriff Court. See INDICTABLE OFFENCE.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006