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Summary jurisdiction

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

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.

Wharton.