summary offence
noun
an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
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How to use summary offence in a sentence
In English law, crimes are usually classified as treason, felony, misdemeanour and summary offence.
Misdemeanour, roughly but not exactly, corresponds to the French dlit, and summary offence to contravention.
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