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summary offence

noun

  1. an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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