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motion
made after pleadings have been entered that requests the court to issue a judgment at that point compare summary judgment at judgment NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if matters outside of the pleadings are presented … a motion for judgment on the pleadings is made, the motion will be treated as a motion for summary judgment. motion for more definite statement : a motion that is filed before an answer and that requests the
Costs
by the High Court or a judge thereof, obtains, under any rule of the Supreme Court providing for summary judgment without trial, an order empowering him to sign judgment for a sum of twenty pounds or upwards, either
Special case
postpone the judgment, or respite the execution of it. As to cases stated by justices, see the (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1957, and (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, s. 33, by which any person aggrieved by a
issue
jury) of the proceedings genuine issue : an issue of fact that requires adjudication by trial rather than summary judgment because sufficient evidence exists to support a verdict for the party opposing the motion for summary judgment NOTE: … than summary judgment because sufficient evidence exists to support a verdict for the party opposing the motion for summary judgment NOTE: The burden is on the party moving for summary judgment to show that no genuine issue is
verdict
"Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 50(a)"] see also judgment notwithstanding the verdict at judgment NOTE: Motions for summary judgment, a directed verdict, or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict are all based on the assertion that there is
Summons
Division of the High Court to which it is intended that the action should be assigned. See also SUMMARY JUDGMENT. 2. To Judges' or Masters' Chambers.--The means by which one party brings the other before a judge (or
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