n. a court order ruling that no factual issues remain to be tried and therefore a cause of action or all causes of action in a complaint can be decided upon certain facts without trial. A summary judgment is based upon a motion by one of the parties that contends that all necessary factual issues are settled or so one-sided they need not be tried. ...
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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. Such a judgment may be issued on the merits of an entire case, or on discrete issues in that case. In common-law systems, questions about what the law actually is in a particu...
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A decision made on the basis of statements and evidence presented for the record without a trial. It is used when there is no dispute as to the material facts of the case, and one party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
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In a civil case where a claimant seeking payment of a debt or damages in the High Court can obtain judgment without the defendant being able to defend the action. Summary judgment will be successful where the court believes that the defendant is unlikely to be successful in defending a claim.
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Is a legal procedure where one side wins a lawsuit without a trial by showing the case involves no material fact issues, but only legal issues that can be decided by the judge; if judge then agrees, one side wins by a summary judgment.
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(n) Summary judgment is the ruling by a court when all facts of the case in the trial before the court are settled before the trial and the cause of action can be decided based on the facts decided or part of facts decided without the trial. Such judgment need to examine the law only.
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Judgment made when there are no disputes of the facts of a case and one party is entitled to prevail as matter of law.
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n] - 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
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A ruling by a court that one party in a lawsuit is entitled to win as a matter of law before the case goes to trial. The court has to find that there are no set of facts that would allow the losing party to win.
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A judgment obtained by a claimant where there is no defence to the case or the defence contains no valid grounds. A summary judgment can be obtained without a trial or hearing. A defendant can also obtain summary judgment if he or she can establish that the claimant has no real prospect of succeeding on the claim. You have to apply to the court for...
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summary judgement 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
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a determination in an action on the grounds that there is no genuine issue of fact
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a judgment, as in an action for debt, that is entered without the necessity of jury trial, based on affidavits of the creditor and debtor that convince the court that there is no arguable issue.
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