Usually means: Minor crime, judged quickly, locally.
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  1. summary offence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. summary offence: Collins English Dictionary
  3. summary offence: Wiktionary
  4. Summary offence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (summary offence)

noun:  (law, British, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong) 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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