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summary judgment meaning

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  • In law, a summary judgment (also judgment as a matter of law) is a judgment entered by a court for one party and against another party summarily, i.e., without a full trial.
  • In common-law systems, questions about what the law actually is in a particular case are decided by judges; in rare cases jury nullification of the law may act to contravene or complement the instructions or orders of the judge,
  • Absent an award of summary judgment (or some type of pretrial dismissal), a lawsuit will ordinarily proceed to trial,
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    1. Nouns
      • Countable nouns
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    Meaning of summary judgment for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this idiom "summary judgment" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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