what does it mean if a lawyer will institute a summary dispossision action?

Answer 1

It sounds to me like that's your state's fast-track eviction procedure. It has different names in different states, so if the situation doesn't relate to rental of property, my answer probably is way off base.

Anyway, summary evictions generally.....

How these generally work is that you get served a notice that the owner wants you out for cause. After a required period that may be as short as two days after you receive notice, they can then go to the court and file a lawsuit, asking that the sherrif remove you from the property "forthwith", meaning "immediately if not sooner".

Here's the key.

If you do not respond, you will be removed from the premises after a short amount of time, possibly as short as three days.

If you respond, they'll schedule it for a hearing in short order, a week or so, but you will probably have to post some kind of bond with the court to guarantee that the landlord gets paid the rental value while you are there.

Answer 2

The phrase is "summary disposition" and it simply means concluding the matter without the necessity of trial. It is also known as "summary judgment." The thrust of it is that a party may show that there are no disputes of material fact in a case and thus the decision of a fact finder is unnecessary. The case can then be decided on the law alone, which the court can do without trying the case. Summary disposition or summary judgment is not a type of action. It is just a procedural device for disposing of litigation without going through trial.

Answer 3

Since I don't know where you are and what the matter is, I'm working on feeling. But this sounds like lawyerese for a court order saying that somebody is entitled to get back something you have without legal title.

If it's a home, (or any kind of real estate for that matter), rented or owned but mortgage defaulted or something like that, it sounds like a fast track eviction procedure, as said by the neighbor above.

If it is some kind of chattel possession, most likely a car or other very costly thing, it is an okay for the repo men to proceed.

Oh, right... is the term "dispossession" (as per above) or "disposition", which brings us below? a curse on fools who can't even spell their own questions.