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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...
Link motion
A valve gear consisting of two eccentrics with their rods giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar called the link in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed or the cut off varied at will used very generally in locomotives and marine engines...
Going through the Bar
Going through the Bar. The chief of a Common Law Court demanding of every member of the Bar, in order of seniority, if he has anything to move; done at the sitting of the Court each day except Special Paper days, and other days on which motions are not taken. See also LAST DAY OF TERM....
bar
bar often attrib 1 a : the railing in a courtroom that encloses the area around the judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases compare bench, dock, jury box, stand b : court tribunal [the younger judge brought a fresh viewpoint to the ] 2 a : the whole body of lawyers ;esp : those qualified to practice in the courts of a particular jurisdiction [admitted to the Arizona ] [the bankruptcy ] compare bench b : the profession or occupation of lawyer c : bar examination [passed the ] 3 : something that prevents admission, progress, or action: as a : an intangible impediment, obstacle, or barrier [the restrictive covenant raised a racial ] [consent of the victim is a to conviction] b : the permanent preclusion of a claim or action esp. due to the loss of a previous suit based on the same cause of action and between the same parties [its earlier successful suit against the purchaser for the price was a to...
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....
Bar of the House
Bar of the House, in the Lok Sabha, the Bar consists of a wooden Bar placed between two pillars near the door which opens into the Central aisle facing the Speaker and which connects the benches on either side of the aisle. Before an offender is brought to the Bar of the House, the Speaker makes an announcement about it in the House and emphasizes the solemnity of the occasion and asks the members to keep total silence in order to maintain the dignity and authority of Parliament and to emphasise the significance of the reprimand. Thereafter he orders the watch and ward officer to bring the offender in. He is brought in and he stands at the Bar. The Speaker then reads out to reprimand after which he makes the offender to withdraw Lok Sabha Debates, Vol. Lvii, 1961, p. 5501.In the House of Lords, the bar is a wooden barrier which excludes persons who are not peers. Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham & S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 24.Bar of the House, in the House of Commons, the Bar consis...
Standard gold bar
Standard gold bar, the definition of the term 'standard gold bar' under s. 2(u) does not contemplate the standard gold bar being cut into pieces. A standard gold bar being of a prescribed weight and purity cannot in many cases be handed over to a certified goldsmith without cutting the same. If a dealer, therefore, has to give a cut piece of standard gold bar to a certain goldsmith the remaining portion of the standard gold bar will be treated as primary gold in his hands, Hukumchand Ratanchand Banthia v. Union of India, AIR 1970 SC 1453 (1466): (1969) 2 SCC 166. [Gold Control Act, 1968, s. 3(u)]...
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