summary : Idioms & Phrases

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

  • 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
    summary judgement; judgment on the pleadings; judgement on the pleadings.
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summary treatment

  • noun a brief and unsympathetic rejection
    short shrift.
    • they made short shrift of my request
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