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summary offence

noun

  1. an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court

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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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