summary proceeding
Americannoun
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“How many aching hearts have been divorced by this summary proceeding no man can ever know,” Thomson wrote.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2019
The power of a judge to inflict punishment for criminal contempt by means of a summary proceeding stands as an anomaly in the law .
From Time Magazine Archive
That's what you call a summary proceeding," said Captain Arlingford, laughing; "what a living galvanic battery that fellow is—a broad-clothed barrel of gunpowder; touch him and off he goes!
From The Actress' Daughter A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes
This summary proceeding scared the rum-dealers and, no doubt, they guarded against being caught again.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography by Thayer, William Roscoe
The twins, seeing the summary proceeding, swallowed the outcries they had intended to make, although they couldn't keep a few big tears from running down their fat cheeks.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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