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• make a motion — index move (judicially request), pose (propound), proffer, propose, propound, submit (give) Burton s …   Law dictionary

• make a motion — {v. phr.} To propose in some committee meeting or legislative group that a certain action be taken. * /The secretary made a motion that the minutes of the last meeting be accepted./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• make a motion — {v. phr.} To propose in some committee meeting or legislative group that a certain action be taken. * /The secretary made a motion that the minutes of the last meeting be accepted./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• make\ a\ motion — v. phr. To propose in some committee meeting or legislative group that a certain action be taken. The secretary made a motion that the minutes of the last meeting be accepted …   Словарь американских идиом

• make a motion — verb propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting • Syn: ↑move • Derivationally related forms: ↑mover (for: ↑move) • Hypernyms: ↑propose, ↑suggest, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• motion for dismissal —    (non suit) n.    application by a defendant in a lawsuit or criminal prosecution asking the judge to rule that the plaintiff (the party who filed the lawsuit) or the prosecution has not and cannot prove its case. Attorneys most often make this …   Law dictionary

• motion in limine — see motion Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. motion in limine n …   Law dictionary

• motion for new trial — A request made by a party, after a judgment is entered in a lawsuit, that the judge vacate that judgment and order a new trial. Typically, a motion for new trial argues that the judge made a significant legal error or that there was insufficient… …   Law dictionary

• make — I verb accomplish, achieve, actualize, assemble, attain, author, beget, bring about, bring forth, bring into being, bring into existence, bring to effect, bring to pass, build, call into being, call into existence, carry into effect, carry into… …   Law dictionary

• motion — motional, adj. motioner, n. /moh sheuhn/, n. 1. the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement. 2. power of movement, as of a living body. 3. the manner of moving the body in walking; gait. 4. a bodily movement or… …   Universalium

• motion — I n. proposal 1) to make a motion 2) to second a motion 3) to accept; defeat, vote down a motion 4) to vote on a motion 5) (AE) to table a motion ( to postpone voting on a proposal ) 6) (BE) to table a motion ( to call for a vote on a proposal )… …   Combinatory dictionary