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Home Dictionary Name: motion Page: 3Motion picture
A series of pictures on a strip of film taken at regular intervals in rapid succession now usually 24 frames per second for ordinary work by a special camera intended to capture the image of objects in motion...
Cut motion
Cut motion, is moved in Parliament or State Legislature to reduce the amount of a demand, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, r. 209.Are grouped demand-wise and the inter se arrangement of cut motions under a particular demand is -- Disposal of policy to cut followed by Economy Cut and then Token Cut, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 713...
Rules of Court
Rules of Court, orders regulating the practice of the Courts; or orders made between parties to an action or suit.(1) General rules regulating the practice of the Courts, both of Common Law and Equity, have from time to time been made by the Courts in pursuance of the powers of various Acts of Parliament. See as to the Common Law Courts, which promulgated consecutive Rules without any division into Orders, Day's Common Law Procedure Acts; and as to the Court of Chancery, which promulgated Orders subdivided into Rules, Morgan's Chancery Acts and Orders. The scheme of the Chancery Procedure Acts was that the Orders made thereunder should come into force as soon as made, subject to the power of Parliament to annul them afterwards (see, e.g., Chancery Procedure Act, 1858, s. 12), while that of the Common Law Procedure Acts, was that Rules made thereunder should not come into force until they had lain before Parliament for three months (see 13 & 14 Vict. c. 16, and Common Law Procedure Act,...
judgment
judgment also judge·ment [jəj-mənt] n 1 a : a formal decision or determination on a matter or case by a court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: Under Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure judgment encompasses a decree and any order from which an appeal lies. cog·no·vit judgment [kÄ g-nō-vit-] : an acknowledgment by a debtor of the existence of a debt with agreement that an adverse judgment may be entered without notice or a hearing : confession of judgment consent judgment : a judgment approved and entered by a court by consent of the parties upon agreement or stipulation : consent decree at decree declaratory judgment : a judgment declaring a right or establishing the legal status or interpretation of a law or instrument [seeking a declaratory judgment that the regulation is unconstitutional] compare damage, injunction specific performance at per...
Closure
Closure. See CLOTURE. Means the permanent closing down of a place of employment or part thereof. [The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), s. 2 (cc)]Closure, in the House of Commons a member may rise in his place and move 'That the question be now put'. That question must be put forthwith, without amendment or debate, unless it appears to the chair that the motion is an abuse of the Rules of the House or an infringement of the rights of minority, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 407.Means closing, closed condition, Concise Oxford Dictionary, H.W. Fowler & F.G. Fowler, p. 226.In Indian Parliament in order to bring a debate to a close, a member may rise and move 'That the question be now put'. The acceptance of a closure motion lies within the sole discretion of the Speaker. Before he accepts it, he considers whether the question before the House has received adequate debate or not, whether or not the views of opposition have been adequately expressed befor...
Debate
Debate, is a sum of money reduced to a certainty and does not include a claim for uncertain damages, A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 315.Is a sum payable in respect of a liquidated money demand recoverable by action, Stroud's Dictionary of Law, p. 612When the debate on any motion becomes unduly protracted the speaker can fix a time limit for its completion. At the appointed hour, the question is put forthwith and thus the debate on the subject is closed, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, rule 263.A member has to be relevant to the subject under discussion, if he persists in irrelevance the Speaker can direct him to discontinue his speech, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, rule 356.In the Indian Parliament, a debate takes place on a motion, resolution etc., moved in the House, Debate also takes place under short duration discussion although no formal motion has been moved; no debate is all...
proceeding
proceeding 1 : a particular step or series of steps in the enforcement, adjudication, or administration of rights, remedies, laws, or regulations: as a : an action, hearing, trial, or application before the court collateral proceeding : a proceeding that concerns an order, motion, petition, or writ deriving from or sought in relation to another proceeding (as a trial) [a collateral proceeding on a motion to have the judge in a pending trial disqualified] ;esp : one in which a collateral attack on a judgment is made [sought to avoid the effect of the judgment in a collateral proceeding after denial of a direct appeal] core proceeding : a proceeding (as one instituted by a debtor against a creditor) that is integral to the administration of a bankruptcy estate and so falls under the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court non-core proceeding : a proceeding involving a matter that relates to a bankruptcy case but that does not arise under bankruptcy laws, that could be adjudicated i...
Crank
A bent portion of an axle or shaft or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft by which motion is imparted to or received from it also used to change circular into reciprocating motion or reciprocating into circular motion See Bell crank...
Manograph
An optical device for making an indicator diagram for high speed engines It consists of a light tight box or camera having at one end a small convex mirror which reflects a beam of light on to the ground glass or photographic plate at the other end The mirror is pivoted so that it can be moved in one direction by a small plunger operated by an elastic metal diaphragm which closes a tube connected with the engine cylinder It is also moved at right angles to this direction by a reducing motion called a reproducer so as to copy accurately on a smaller scale the motion of the engine piston The resultant of these two movements imparts to the reflected beam of light a motion similar to that of the pencil of the ordinary indicator and this can be traced on the sheet of ground glass or photographed...
Adjourn
Adjourn, to recess or postpone, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 42.Adjourn applies to the action of a deliberative body etc. in bringing a sitting to a close, with the intention of resuming on the next working day or a specified later date. Webster Law Dictionary, p. 18.In U.K., the House of Lords and the House of Commons may each adjourn at their own pleasure. In both Houses, an adjournment is effected by the adoption of the motion, 'That this House do now adjourn'. The motion to adjourn the House provides an opportunity for debate and half-an-hour is allotted for such debate. The subjects debated are of a wide range. In the House of Commons, sometimes, adjournment takes place without such a motion being carried, e.g., the Speaker may adjourn the House due to the absence of quorum or owing to grave disorder in the House. Wilding and Laundy. The Office of the Speaker in Parliament of Commonwealth, p. 6.In Lok Sabha, the Speaker determines when sitting of House is to adjourn sine die...
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