summary proceeding
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
He then accompanied them to New Orleans, where a summary proceeding restored to Mr. Ballantine all his property.
From Lizzy Glenn or, The Trials of a Seamstress by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
As a fact, he did not fancy such a summary proceeding.
From The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler or, Working for the Custom House by Francis Worcester Doughty
Lurchers take long to train, and a keeper's summary proceeding often stops a whole winter's work, as the best dogs cannot easily be replaced.
From The Confessions of a Poacher by Anonymous
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