Motion for Directed Verdict (MDV) Law and Legal Definition
Motion for Directed Verdict is a request to the court to issue a directed verdict. It is a party’s request that the court enter judgment in its favor before submitting the case to the jury because there is no legally sufficient evidentiary foundation on which a reasonable jury could find for the other party. This motion is made before a case is submitted to the jury. If a motion for a directed verdict is made and dismissed, the trial continues normally as if the motion was never made. In federal court, a motion for judgment as a matter of law is made instead, and has the same effect.
Legal Definition list
- Motion for Directed Verdict (MDV)
- Motion for Determination
- Motion for Change of Venue
- Motion for Appropriate Relief
- Motion for a Repleader
- Motion for Disclosure
- Motion for Extension of Time
- Motion for Intervention Law
- Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law
- Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict/Motion for Judgment N.O.V
- Motion for Judgment of Acquittal
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- 1040 Form
- A Fortiori
- A Fortiori Argument
- Absent Uniformed Services Voter
- Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding [USIP]
- Acceptance for Value
- Access to Classified Information (Military)
- Accessory Before The Fact
- Accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States
- Accounting for Fruits
