summary justice
Frequency: 4.00.8 per million words
Justice administered without the usual legal formalities and procedures.
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Examples (10)
- Civilians were not subject to summary justice.
- The rebel leader was accused of meting out summary justice to perceived enemies.
- In times of chaos, there is often a temptation to resort to summary justice.
- The villagers feared summary justice from the invading forces.
- Such acts of summary justice undermine the rule of law.
- The government warned against any form of summary justice.
- He argued that the system was prone to delivering summary justice rather than due process.
- The captured spies faced the threat of summary justice.
- Human rights organizations condemned the practice of summary justice.
- The lack of proper legal framework often leads to instances of summary justice.