SUMMARY JUDGMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does summary judgment mean? 

• SUMMARY JUDGMENT (noun)
  The noun SUMMARY JUDGMENT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SUMMARY JUDGMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUMMARY JUDGMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

judgement on the pleadings; judgment on the pleadings; summary judgement; summary judgment

Hypernyms ("summary judgment" is a kind of...):

judgement; judgment; judicial decision ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)