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Imprisonment
in Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law.' As to the right of any person convicted by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction to appeal; provided that he did not plead guilty or admit the truth of the information, see
judgment
after consideration of the substantive as distinguished from procedural issues in a case judgment on the pleadings : summary judgment in this entry money judgment : a judgment directing the payment of a sum of money ni·hil-di·cit
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,
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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
Exception
to easements, rights and privileges in relation to mines and minerals as set out in the section. In summary proceedings upon an Act of Parliament, an exception in the Act 'may by proved by the defendant, but
Husband and wife
the 17th section, that questions arising between husband and wife as to property may be decided in a summary way (privately, if either party so require) by a judge of the High Court, or (at the option
Justices
Supreme Court are called justices, but the word is usually applied to petty magistrates who sit to administer summary justice in minor matters, and who are commonly called justices of the peace. They were first appointed in
Petty Sessions
expression is, however, often used to denote a Petty Sessional Court, which is defined as 'a Court of summary jurisdiction, consisting of two or more justices, sitting in a petty sessional Court-house,' and includes 'any stipendiary magistrate
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
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
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