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
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 Doughty, Francis Worcester
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
The principles upon which this summary proceeding was adopted by the ministerial board are stated by themselves in a number in the appendix to this speech.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
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