Improve definition of “summary judgment” & make it “Featured Term”
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<h3 id="specific-performance">specific performance</h3>
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<h3 id="specific-performance">specific performance</h3>
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<p>Fulfilling the requirements of a contract in exactly the way the contract specifies. When most contracts are disputed in court, the plaintiff expects to receive money, that they can use to remedy the harm that the other party caused them in not holding up their side of the deal. When a plaintiff seeks specific performance, they want something that money can’t replace.</p>
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<p>Fulfilling the requirements of a contract in exactly the way the contract specifies. When most contracts are disputed in court, the plaintiff expects to receive money, that they can use to remedy the harm that the other party caused them in not holding up their side of the deal. When a plaintiff seeks specific performance, they want something that money can’t replace.</p>
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<h3 id="summary-judgment">Summary Judgment</h3>
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<h3 id="summary-judgment">summary judgment</h3>
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<p>In a <em>summary judgment</em> motion, a party in a lawsuit asks the Court
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<p>In a <em>summary judgment</em> motion, a party in a lawsuit asks the Court
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to rule immediately on some (or all) of the claims made in <a
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to rule immediately on some (or all) of the claims made
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href="#complaint">the complaint</a>.
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in <a href="#complaint">the complaint</a>. A motion for summary judgment on
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just some issues is called “partial” —. To rule
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affirmatively for summary judgment, the Judge must determine there are no
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issues of <em>fact</em> in dispute on the issue(s) in question. The Judge
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rules as a matter of <em>law</em> on the issue. In some state courts —
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including California — these motions are called “motion for
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summary adjudication”.</p>
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<h3 id="third-party-beneficiary">third-party beneficiaries of the GPL</h3>
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<h3 id="third-party-beneficiary">third-party beneficiaries of the GPL</h3>
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<p>People who aren’t a party to a <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym> agreement, but who would benefit from the contract if the parties to the <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym> do as they promise under the agreement. An example of such a benefit might be the receipt of the source code of the GPL’d software. See also General Public License (GPL).</p>
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<p>People who aren’t a party to a <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym> agreement, but who would benefit from the contract if the parties to the <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym> do as they promise under the agreement. An example of such a benefit might be the receipt of the source code of the GPL’d software. See also General Public License (GPL).</p>
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@ -85,9 +85,18 @@ strategies that defend FOSS (such as copyleft). <a href="/about" class="orange">
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<div class="ph3 pv2 ba b--gray">
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<h3 class="ttu">Featured Term</h3>
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<h3 class="ttu">Featured Term</h3>
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<h4 id="foss-commons">amicus curiae</h4>
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<h4 id="summary-judgment">Summary Judgment</h4>
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<p>“Amicus curiae” literally means “friend of the court” and is what you call someone who isn’t a party to the case but,because of their strong interest or expertise in the subject matter of the case, has information or argument that the court would find useful in reaching a decision.</p>
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<p>In a <em>summary judgment</em> motion, a party in a lawsuit asks the Court
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<p><a href="/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html#amicus" class="orange ttu">Visit our glossary of terms</a></p>
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to rule immediately on some (or all) of the claims made
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in <a href="#complaint">the complaint</a>. A motion for summary judgment on
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just some issues is called “partial” —. To rule
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affirmatively for summary judgment, the Judge must determine there are no
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issues of <em>fact</em> in dispute on the issue(s) in question. The Judge
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rules as a matter of <em>law</em> on the issue. In some state courts —
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including California — these motions are called “motion for
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summary adjudication”.</p>
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<p><a href="/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html" class="orange ttu">Visit
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our full glossary of terms …</a></p>
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