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summary judgment

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  • noun law The determination by a court that no factual issues are in dispute, and that the legal issues require the case to be decided in favor of one party or the other.

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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

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