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41summary financial statement — (SFS) A shortened version of a company s full statutory accounts. An SFS includes a summary auditors report and, in the case of quoted companies, a summary directors remuneration report. All companies which have had their full accounts audited… …
42summary proceeding — see proceeding Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. summary proceeding …
43summary judgment — UK US noun [C or U] LAW ► a legal process in which a court makes a decision based on the facts that have been provided, without ordering a trial: »The theory of summary judgment is that judges may rule for one side or the other only after finding …
44summary adjudication — A court order ruling that certain factual issues are already determined prior to trial, based on a motion by one of the parties, supported by evidence, contending that these issues are settled and need not be tried. For example, in a car accident …
45summary dismissal — Gross misconduct should ideally be defined in the employment contract and, where committed should allow the employer to dismiss without notice or prior warnings ( Summary or Instant dismissal). Such conduct will normally include theft, violence,… …
46summary trial — in criminal procedure, a trial without a jury decided upon both on the facts and the law by a judge who may be legally qualified or may be a magistrate (who has legal advice if required). Maximum sentences are usually lower than cases prosecuted… …
47summary administration — Under the Bankruptcy and insolvency Act a summary administration bankruptcy is a consumer bankruptcy defined as a bankruptcy where the free and clear assets are less than $10,000. Summary administration bankruptcies have stream lined procedures,… …
48summary probate — A relatively simple probate proceeding available for small estates, as that term is defined by state law. Every state s definition is different, and many are complicated, but a few states include estates worth $100,000 or more. Some states allow… …
49summary annual report — (SAR) USA A report of plan financial information that must be provided to employee benefit plan participants and beneficiaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) …
50summary proceedings — An alternative form of litigation for the prompt disposition of legal actions. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. summary proceedings An alternative form of litigation for t …
