Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

summary offence

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables: sum-ma-ry of-fence
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A crime in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment, as required for an indictable offence.

Australian usage; Canadian usage; British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

summary offences (plural)

Questions

What does summary offence mean?: A crime in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment, as required for an indictable offence.

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