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summary judgment

summary judgment noun: the determination by a court that no factual issues are in dispute, and that the legal issues require the case to be decided in favor of one party or the other.

Noun

summary judgment (countable and uncountable, plural summary judgments)

  1. The determination by a court that no factual issues are in dispute, and that the legal issues require the case to be decided in favor of one party or the other.

Forms of summary judgment

pluralsummary judgments

Questions about summary judgment

What does summary judgment mean?
Summary judgment means the determination by a court that no factual issues are in dispute, and that the legal issues require the case to be decided in favor of one party or the other.
What part of speech is summary judgment?
Summary judgment is a noun.
What is the plural of summary judgment?
The plural of summary judgment is summary judgments.

Words near summary judgment in the dictionary

  1. summary diligence
  2. summary dismissal
  3. summary dismissals
  4. summary execution
  5. summary executions
  6. summary judgment
  7. summary judgments
  8. summary jurisdiction
  9. summary offence
  10. summary offences
  11. summary proceedings

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