Summary justice may refer to: Handling of summary offenses Frontier justice, also called "vigilante justice" Vigilantism or vigilante justice Summary execution, execution of a person upon their being accused of a crime, without a full and fair trial; usually pejorative
See also Summary judgment, judgment entered by a judge or jury for one party and against another, without a full trial. Often a pretrial dismissal of an entire case. Sometimes a ruling on discrete issues in a case. Not pejorative.