See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

MOTION (See also:

• LAT

Lat. motio, from movere, to move)  , in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, an application made to a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court during the progress of an See also:

• ACTION

action, and either before or after See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment has been pronounced . The See also:

• OBJECT

object of a See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion is to invoke the assistance of the court in matters that are of a pressing See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and require to be speedily dealt with . A motion differs from a See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition in that it is made viva voce in open court and is founded on a written statement . Motions are either motions of course or See also:

• SPECIAL

special motions . A motion of course is made ex parte without See also:

• NOTICE

notice, and is not mentioned in court, the party being entitled as of right . Motions of course are confined to the See also:

• CHANCERY

chancery See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the High Court . A special motion is made in open court, and must be supported by proper See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence . Special motions are made either ex parte or on notice . On all ex parte applications the utmost See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good faith must be observed . Ex parte motions, in the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench division, are usually made to a divisional court . A motion for judgment is a proceeding whereby a party to an action moves for judgment of the court in his favour . See Rules of the Supreme Court, Ors. xl., lii .