Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

summary judgment

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
sum-ma-ry -judg-ment
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

summary judgments (plural)

Synonyms

summary judgement judgment on the pleadings judgement on the pleadings

Questions

What does summary judgment mean?
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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