summary judgment

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noun

a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law
• Syn:
summary judgement, judgment on the pleadings, judgement on the pleadings
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
judgment, judgement, judicial decision