Assertion: motion | /r/CapableOf | ask the court
Facets:
value: to order a third party
type: PURPOSE
value: to dismiss the case
type: PURPOSE
value: to issue a directed verdict
type: PURPOSE
value: to make a formal order
type: PURPOSE
value: to make a judgment
type: PURPOSE
value: to remove in pleadings
type: PURPOSE
value: to dismiss an action
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: A motion to dismiss asks the court to dismiss an action because the initial pleading, or complaint, fails to state a Cause of Action or claim for which the law provides a remedy.
text: A motion to withdraw, then, is basically a way to ask a court to make a formal order allowing a party to withdraw, or take back, something that was previously done or previously filed.
text: A motion to strike asks the court to remove from the record inadmissible evidence or language in pleadings that is redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous.
text: A motion for Summary Judgment, also known as a motion for judgment on the pleadings, asks the court to make a judgment solely on the facts set forth in the pleadings, without the necessity of trial.
text: A motion in limine, also made before trial, asks the court to prohibit an opposing party from offering evidence or referring to matters that would be highly prejudicial to the movant during a trial.
text: A motion to suppress is similar to a motion in limine but asks the court to keep out of a criminal trial evidence that was obtained illegally, usually in violation of the Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
text: A "motion in limine" asks the court to decide that certain evidence may or may not be presented to the jury at the trial.
text: A motion to compel asks the court to order either the opposing party or a third party to take some action.
text: The party opposing a motion or OSC can also make a motion or OSC asking the court for something that he or she wants.
text: If a party must deviate from the rules in any way, that party must generally file a motion asking the court whether the deviation is acceptable.
text: A motion for directed verdict is a motion asking the court to issue a directed verdict.
text: Motions ask the court to dismiss the case;