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summary judgment
summary judgement
judgment on the pleadings
judgement on the pleadings
Definition: 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
Definition: 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.