Cross Motion - Law Dictionary Search Results
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cross-motion : a motion that attempts to counter a similar motion filed by an opposing party [after the plaintiffs moved to recuse his counsel, the defendant filed a to disqualify theirs] ...
motion
motion [Anglo-French, from Latin motion- motio movement, from movēre to move] 1 : a proposal for action ;esp : a formal proposal made in a legislative assembly [made a to refer the bill to committee] 2 a : an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction [a to arrest judgment] ;also : a document containing such an application b : the initiative of a court to issue an order, ruling, or direction [the court is given discretion to order a pretrial conference either on its own or at the request of a party "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] motion for judgment on the pleadings : a motion made after pleadings have been entered that requests the court to issue a judgment at that point compare summary judgment at judgment NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if matters outside of the pleadings are presented to the court when a motion for judgment on the pleadings is made, the motion will be treated as a motion for summary judgment. motion f...
Cross-examination
Cross-examination, the examination of a witness by the opposite side, generally after examination in chief, but some times without such examination; as in the case of an examination on the voir dire, which is in the nature of a cross-examination (see VOIR DIRE); and also if one party calls a witness,and he is sworn, the other party may cross-examine him, although the party who has called him put no question at all to him. Some times questions in cross-examination are allowed by the judge after re-examination. See RE-EXAMINATION. And if a witness be called to prove some preliminary and collateral matter only, as the handwriting of a document tendered in evidence, he is a witness in the cause, and may be cross-examined as to any of the issues in the cause.As to theform of the cross-examination, leading questions are allowed, which is not the case in examination in chief.The questions must be relevant to the issue (see infra), but great latitude is allowed, as a question seemingly irrelev...
Adjournment Motion
Adjournment Motion, means a motion for discussing 'a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration'. Wilding and Laundry, the Office of the Speaker in Parliament of Commonwealth, p. 247. 'Adjourn motion' is a motion which can be moved by any member of the House and is in the nature of emergency motion of censure upon the government. Wilding and Laundry -- The Office of the Speaker in Parliament of Commonwealth, p. 9.The object is to draw the attention of the Govern-ment to a matter of urgent public importance so as to criticize the decision of Government in an urgent matter in regard to which a motion or resolution with proper notice will be too late. Kaul and Shakdher -- Practice and Procedure of Parliament, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 496.If the Speaker gives his consent after satisfying himself that the matter to be raised is definite urgent and of public importance and holds that the matter proposed to be discussed is in order, he shall call the member concerned who sh...
Censure motion
Censure motion, is a motion moved against the government censuring its policy in some direction or an individual minister or ministers of the Government, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 775.In France too, a motion of no-confidence is called the motion of caesure and when it is adopted by the National Assembly, the Government has to resign, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, pp. 396, 397.The government is under obligation to allow time for this motion and it invariably allots an early day for the discussion, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 280, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 83.Is usually moved by the leader of opposition, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philips Laundy, p. 775.In the House of Commons, a motion of no-confidence in the Government is called a censure motion, Parliamentary Practic...
Motion
Motion, an occasional application to a Court in the progress of a cause, e.g., a motion for an injunction or the appointment of a receiver pending the trial of the action; or summarily and wholly unconnected with plenary proceedings, as a motion to rectify the register of a company.As to the notice of motion and procedure generally, see R.S.C., Ord. LII.Motion, every question to be decided by the House must be proposed by a member in the form of a motion, the motion is made by a member of the House and a question on it is put by the Chair. Thereupon the decision of the House is obtained, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine, May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 328.Motion, is a proposal made in the House of legisla-ture to elicit its decision on a subject, Office of the Speaker in the Parliament of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 481.Motions, are usually expressed in affirmative, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A., Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 122....
cross link
a covalent bond that links two chains of atoms or two sections of one chain in a polymeric molecule the cross link is created by a third bond in a monomer unit in addition to the two bonds forming the polymeric chain a cross link may be internal to a single chain rather than between two otherwise unlinked chains as ultraviolet irradiation creates cross links between the two chains of a DNA double helix many enzymes have cross links formed by disulfide bonds polystyrene resins have their porosity controlled by the proportion of cross links Called also cross linkage...
cross-claim
cross-claim : a claim against a party on the same side of an action (as a coplaintiff or codefendant) compare counterclaim, cross-action, cross-appeal, third-party claim NOTE: Under Rule 13(g) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a cross-claim must be related to the original action in that it arises from the same transaction or occurrence as the original action or a counterclaim, or involves property that is the subject matter of the original action. cross-claim vi ...
cross-examination
cross-examination : the examination of a witness who has already testified in order to check or discredit the witness's testimony, knowledge, or credibility see also confrontation clause compare direct examination, recross-examination, redirect examination NOTE: In accordance with Rule 611 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, cross-examination should only refer to matters that were covered during direct examination or that are relevant to the witness's credibility. Anything exceeding these limits is permissible at the court's discretion. Rule 611 also states that “ordinarily leading questions should be permitted on cross-examination.” cross-examine vb cross-examiner n ...
cross-appeal
cross-appeal : an appeal taken by an appellee against the appellant compare counterclaim, cross-action, cross-claim cross-appeal vb ...
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