A court, especially a magistrate's court, that tries summary offences without a jury.
Example sentencesExamples
- Then statutes, and particularly the Customs Procedure Act, started to give jurisdiction to courts of summary jurisdiction which rather indicates it was more a criminal-type proceeding.
- A decision of a court of summary jurisdiction discharging a complaint or information has never been regarded with the same sanctity as the verdict of a jury.
- Section 2 of the Dogs Act 1871 says that any court of summary jurisdiction may take cognisance of a complaint that a dog is dangerous and not kept under proper control.
- In fact the undertakers brought proceedings in the High Court, which was not a court of summary jurisdiction.
- When they make their decisions in courts of summary jurisdiction they are deciding firstly on the law and secondly on the facts.