LEGAL WORD
Summary judgment
Legal term · Commercial litigation
Summary judgment
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Commercial litigation
1 What it means
Judgment without a full trial when the defendant has no real prospect of defending the claim.
2 Use it in a sentence
The bank obtained summary judgment on the unpaid loan.
3 Make it stick
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