Using summary judgement, judges can decide that civil trials are unnecessary if the people who sue have insufficient evidence.
使用简易判决,如果起诉人证据不足,法官可以决定民事审判是不必要的。
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That's a difficult thing to determine, yet usage of summary judgement has stretched to the point where some would argue it's being abused.
这是一件很难确定的事情,但简易判断的使用已经延伸到一些人认为它被滥用的地步。
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Summary judgment
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In law, a summary judgment (also judgment as a matter of law) is a judgment entered by a court for one party and against another party summarily, i.e., without a full trial. Such a judgment may be issued on the merits of an entire case, or on discrete issues in that case.