WordNet
summary judgement
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 [syn: summary judgment, judgment on the pleadings, judgement on the pleadings]
Usage examples of "summary judgement".
I'd been put on a kind of horrible probation instead, with any further infraction against the Laws punishable by immediate summary judgement.
The security risk posed by Jamka and his cabal required summary judgement and execution.
Kevil Mahoneys name on the bottom of the petition for summary judgement upholding the late Lord Thornbuckles will might have had little effect, but the thick stack of supporting evidence did.