e/Motion (law)

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has gloss	eng: A legal motion is a procedural device in law to bring a limited, contested issue before a court for decision. A motion may be thought of as a request to the judge (or judges) to make a decision about the case. Motions may be made at any point in administrative, criminal or civil proceedings, although that right is regulated by court rules which vary from place to place. The party requesting the motion may be called the movant, or may simply be the moving party. The party opposing the motion is the nonmovant or nonmoving party.
lexicalization	eng: Legal motions
lexicalization	eng: Motion
subclass of	e/Legal case
has instance	e/Motion to compel
has instance	e/Motion to set aside judgment
has instance	e/Motion to strike (court of law)