summary judgment
summary judgment — 名詞
1. A decision made by a judge that ends a legal case without a full trial. It is gi
即決判決
無須完整審判即作出的法庭裁決
A decision made by a judge that ends a legal case without a full trial. It is given when the court determines that the key facts are not in dispute and that one side is clearly entitled to win under the law, making a trial unnecessary.
Judge Park granted summary judgment to the landlord because the tenant had broken the lease.
朴法官認為承租人確實違反租約，因此判決出租人即決判決勝訴。
grant summary judgment to [party]
Because key facts were still in dispute, the court denied summary judgment.
由於關鍵事實仍有爭議，法院駁回了即決判決的聲請。
deny summary judgment
The newspaper asked the court for summary judgment, claiming the article was protected free speech.
該報社向法院聲請即決判決，主張該篇文章受言論自由保障。
ask / seek summary judgment
Quan opposed the motion for summary judgment by showing the contract had two possible meanings.
Quan 以合約有兩種可能的解釋為由，反對即決判決的聲請。
oppose a motion for summary judgment
- motion for summary judgment
- grant summary judgment
- deny summary judgment
- seek summary judgment
- file a motion for summary judgment
- oppose a motion for summary judgment
- summary judgment motion
- trial
when summary judgment is denied, the case goes to a full trial where a jury or judge hears all the evidence
用法筆記
Most common in US federal and state civil procedure. The party requesting summary judgment (the movant) must show there is no genuine dispute about any material fact. If the judge finds even one key fact in dispute, the motion will be denied and the case will proceed to trial.