judgment on the pleadings

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judgment on the pleadings - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  judgment on the pleadings
      n 1: 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 [syn: summary judgment
           , summary judgement, judgment on the pleadings
           , judgement on the pleadings]