Summary

Summary, an abridgment, brief compendium; summary application, one made to a court or judge without the formality of a full proceeding. See PLENARY.The word 'summary' implies a short and quick procedure instead of or, as an alternative to, the more elaborate procedure ordinarily adopted or prescribed for deciding a case. The proceedings before a court, tribunal or an authority are called summary proceedings if it is not required to follow the regular formal procedure but is authorised to follow a short and quick procedure for expeditious disposal, Mohan Lal v. Kartar Singh, 1995 Supp (4) SCC 684 (693) (Punjab Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955, s. 43...

summary process

summary process : a procedure allowed to enforce a claim or right in a summary manner ;specif : a procedure to repossess real property esp. from a tenant upon nonpayment or other default : a summary eviction ...

summary

summary : done immediately, concisely, and without usual formal procedures ;esp : used in or done by summary proceeding compare plenary sum·mar·i·ly [sə-mer-ə-lē] adv ...

Summary action or proceeding

Summary action or proceeding, means the proceed-ing before a court, tribunal or an authority are called summary proceeding if it is not required to follow the regular formal procedure but is autho-rised to follow a short and quick procedure for expeditious disposal, Mohan Lal v. Kartar Singh, (1996) Punj LR 383....

Summary jurisdiction

Summary jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of a court to give a judgment or make an order itself forthwith, e.g., to commit to prison for contempt, to punish malpractice in a solicitor, or in the case of justices of the peace, a jurisdiction to convict an offender themselves instead of committing him for trial by a jury. The mode of exercising this latter jurisdiction, which is given in particular instances by very numerous particular statutes, is generally regulated by the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, 1848 and 1879. Several amendments have been made in the law by the Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, and Criminal Justice Act, 1925; see also HUSBAND AND WIFE. see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Justices' and Stone's Justices Manual; and also SESSIONS OF THE PEACE....

Summary jurisdiction, Court of

Summary jurisdiction, Court of, 'means' in an Act of Parliament 'any justice or justices of the peace, or other magistrate by whatever name called, to whom jurisdiction is given by, or who is authorized to act under, the (English) Summary Jurisdiction Acts' (Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 13, sub-s. 11); but does not include justices at a licensing meeting: see Boulter v. Kent Justices, 1897, AC 556, reversing and overruling decisions of the Court of Appeal....

summary proceeding

summary proceeding see proceeding ...

Summary judgment

Summary judgment, under (English) R.S.C. Ord. III., Rule 6, and Order XIV., extended to recovery of land for non-payment of rent by R.S.C. of January, 1902. This procedure has been very largely followed in recent years. see LEAVE TO DEFEND.A judgment granted on a claim about which there is no genuine issue of material fact and upon which the movant is entitled to prevail as a matter of law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1449...

Court of summary jurisdiction

Court of summary jurisdiction, means the court of a Chief Presidency Magistrate or of a District Magistrate [Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act, (18 of 1921), s. 2]...

summary judgment

summary judgment see judgment ...

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