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Summary Judgment

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Summary judgment, under (English) R.S.C. Ord. III., Rule 6, and Order XIV., extended to recovery of land for non-payment of rent by R.S.C. of January, 1902. This procedure has been very largely followed in recent years. see LEAVE TO DEFEND.

A judgment granted on a claim about which there is no genuine issue of material fact and upon which the movant is entitled to prevail as a matter of law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1449

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