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
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 Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
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
No time was given for thoughts on such side issues, for the prisoner preceding her in the line was sentenced, after a trial of three minutes—a summary proceeding that was not hope-inspiring.
From Without a Home by Roe, Edward Payson
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