summary Idioms & Phrases
summary judgement
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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
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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
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noun a brief and unsympathetic rejection
short shrift.
- they made short shrift of my request
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"Rowling never met an adverb she didn't like."
-Stephen King on J.K Rowling's excessive use of adverbs.
Fear not the Adverb Hell!
