motion for a directed verdict

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• Directed verdict — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions …   Wikipedia

• directed verdict — A verdict which a jury returns as directed by the court. 53 Am J1st Trial §§ 332 et seq. See motion for directed verdict …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Motion (legal) — For other uses, see Motion (disambiguation). In law, a motion is a procedural device to bring a limited, contested issue before a court for decision. A motion may be thought of as a request to the judge (or judges) to make a decision about the… …   Wikipedia

• verdict — ver·dict / vər dikt/ n [alteration (partly conformed to Medieval Latin veredictum ) of Anglo French veirdit statement, finding, verdict, from Old French veir true (from Latin verus ) + dit saying, from Latin dictum] 1: the usu. unanimous finding… …   Law dictionary

• motion — In parliamentary law, the formal mode in which a member submits a proposed measure or resolve for the consideration and action of the meeting. An application made to a court or judge for purpose of obtaining a rule or order directing some act to… …   Black's law dictionary

• motion — In parliamentary law, the formal mode in which a member submits a proposed measure or resolve for the consideration and action of the meeting. An application made to a court or judge for purpose of obtaining a rule or order directing some act to… …   Black's law dictionary

• judgment notwithstanding the verdict — see judgment 1a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. judgment notwithstanding the verdict …   Law dictionary

• verdict — From the Latin veredictum, a true declaration. Clark v. State, 170 Tenn. 494, 499, 97 S.W.2d 644, 646. The formal decision or finding made by a jury, impaneled and sworn for the trial of a cause, and reported to the court (and accepted by it),… …   Black's law dictionary

• insufficiency of evidence to support verdict — This phrase in a motion for new trial, motion for directed verdict, or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, means that there is some evidence, but not enough in light of the evidence to the contrary to support a verdict. Arnold v. Haskins,… …   Black's law dictionary

• insufficiency of evidence to support verdict — This phrase in a motion for new trial, motion for directed verdict, or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, means that there is some evidence, but not enough in light of the evidence to the contrary to support a verdict. Arnold v. Haskins,… …   Black's law dictionary

• Judgment notwithstanding verdict — Civil procedure in the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Doctrines of civil procedure Jurisdiction Subject matter jurisdiction Diversity jurisdiction Personal jurisdiction Removal jurisdiction Venue Change of venue …   Wikipedia