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31summary — sum•ma•ry [[t]ˈsʌm ə ri[/t]] n. pl. ries, adj. 1) a comprehensive and usu. brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of things previously stated 2) brief and comprehensive; concise 3) direct and prompt; unceremoniously fast: treated with… …
32summary — summariness /seuh mair i nis/, n. /sum euh ree/, n., pl. summaries, adj. n. 1. a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements. adj. 2. brief and comprehensive; concise. 3. direct …
33summary 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 • Syn: ↑summary judgement, ↑judgment on the pleadings, ↑judgement on the… …
34summary judgment — A judgment in a summary proceeding, as one rendered pursuant to statute against the sureties on a bond furnished in an action. 50 Am J1st Suret § 209. A judgment in certain actions specified in the statute providing the remedy, rendered upon… …
35summary proceeding — A proceeding by which a controversy is settled, case disposed of, or trial conducted in a prompt, simple manner without the aid of a jury and without observance of requirements which prevail in a plenary action in reference to commencement of… …
36summary judgment — Procedural device available for prompt and expeditious disposition of controversy without trial when there is no dispute as to either material fact or inferences to be drawn from undisputed facts, or if only question of law is involved. American… …
37summary conviction — Convicting an accused without giving him the benefit of a trial. See summary contempt proceeding …
38summary proceeding — noun : a civil or criminal proceeding in the nature of a trial conducted without the formalities (as indictment, pleadings, and a jury) required by the common law, authorized by statute, and used for the speedy and peremptory disposition of some… …
39summary judgment — Law. a judgment, as in an action for debt, that is entered without the necessity of jury trial, based on affidavits of the creditor and debtor that convince the court that there is no arguable issue. * * * …
40summary proceeding — Law. a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing. * * * …
