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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...
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-motion
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 of thanks
Motion of thanks, in the Houses of Indian Parliament the motion of thanks is taken up for discussion a few days after the delivery of the Address by the President. The motion is moved by a member and seconded by another member both of whom are selected by the Prime Minister, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 206....
motion for judgment on the pleadings
motion for judgment on the pleadings see motion ...
motion for more definite statement
motion for more definite statement see motion ...
motion in bar
motion in bar see motion ...
motion in limine
motion in limine see motion ...
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