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summary judgment
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Noun1.summary judgment - 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
judicial decision, judgment, judgement - (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"


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The showing must be sufficient for the court to hold that no reasonable trier of fact could find other than the moving party.
Under these guidelines, it is the burden of the moving party to show that all requested costs were reasonably necessary either to defend or prosecute the case at the time the action precipitating the cost was taken.
The court emphasized that summary, judgment is proper only when there exists no genuine issue of material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
 
 
 
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