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Noun: summary judgment
  1. 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
    - summary judgement, judgment on the pleadings, judgement on the pleadings

Derived forms: summary judgments

Type of: judgement, judgment, judicial decision

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