Summary proceedings
Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
Proceedings in which many formalities are dispensed with, usually statutory; proceeding without resort to the courts, as in the abatement of a nuisance.
See 113 Ga. 537, 54 L. R. A. 294, 38 S. E. 996.