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summary judgment
[ suhm-uh-ree juhj-muhnt ]
noun
- a judgment that is entered without the necessity of jury trial, as one based on affidavits that convince the court that there is no arguable issue:
The creditor filed a motion for summary judgment against the debtor.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of summary judgment1
Example Sentences
In a judgment on Wednesday, Mr Justice Ritchie granted summary judgment in her favour, meaning she won her case without a trial.
Trump and four other lawsuits last year for the purposes of discovery and summary judgment on the immunity question.
No. We did have an ongoing legal battle, but we had a summary judgment and the judge awarded us, in our favor, everything.
Although the judge ruled that he would be forced to testify, the parties eventually asked for a summary judgment, so that the case would not have to go to a full trial.
In a recently unsealed summary judgment order in the case, the judge wrote that Planned Parenthood clinics “had an obligation to repay the government payments they received as a matter of law.”
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