plenary action

plenary action
A suit or action, independent of any other proceeding, in which the merits of the cause are fully inquired into and determined, as distinguished from a summary proceeding in which formalities are less strict and which are usually merely ancillary to some other action or proceeding. May v Henderson, 268 US 111, 115, 69 L Ed 870, 873, 45 S Ct 456.

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