Civil Procedure Motions Law and Legal Definition
A request asking a judge to issue a ruling or order on a legal matter. Usually, one side files a motion, along with notice of the motion to the attorney for the opposing party, the other side files a written response, and the court holds a hearing, at which the parties give brief oral arguments. Other motions are decided by the written submissions alone, without a hearing. However, during a trial or a hearing, an oral motion may be permitted. Then the court issues a ruling which approves or denies the motion. Motions are often made before trials to resolve procedural and preliminary issues, and may be made after trials to enforce or modify judgments. Motions are made in court all the time for many purposes such as to continue a trial to a later date, to get a modification of an order, for temporary child support, for a judgment, for dismissal of the opposing party's case, for a rehearing, for sanctions, and many other reasons. A motion on a factual matter usually will be filed with a supporting affidavit.
For example, a motion for leave is a request for permission to do something, such as filing a supplemental or amended pleading.
Legal Definition list
- Civil Procedure Injunctions
- Civil Procedure Dismissal
- Civil Procedure Directed Verdicts
- Civil Procedure Direct Evidence
- Civil Procedure Default
- Civil Procedure Motions
- Civil Procedure Other Pleadings
- Civil Procedure Pro Hac Vice
- Civil Procedure Process Summons
- Civil Procedure Scheduling Orders
- Civil Procedure Stipulations
Related Legal Terms
- Administrative Procedure
- Administrative Procedure Act
- Adoption of [Other Party’s] Motions
- Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures (Family Law)
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Civil Rights Movement
- Antitrust Civil Process Act
- Approval Procedure
- Arduous of Hazardous Positions [Civil Service Regulations]
