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Definition of Make a motion
1. Verb. Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting.
Generic synonyms: Advise, Propose, Suggest
Related verbs: Go, Move
Derivative terms: Mover
Lexicographical Neighbors of Make A Motion
Literary usage of Make a motion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"[3] From the foregoing, it follows that the only remedy of a party against whom
a Judgment is rendered is either to appeal, or make a motion for a new trial ..."
2. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1896)
"... is to make a motion to set it aside and take a bill of exceptions to an order
refusing to grant the motion.1 6. General Principles of Review. ..."
3. Federal Procedure at Law: A Treatise on the Procedure in Suits at Common Law by Chrisenberry Lee Bates (1908)
"Same—It is a matter of right to make a motion for a new trial.—The party against
whom the verdict of a jury is given in a federal circuit court is entitled, ..."
4. The Gavel and the Mace: Or, Parliamentary Law in Easy Chapters by Frank Warren Hackett (1900)
"As there is no counsel for the other side," he said, " I make a motion that the
case be dismissed." The justice looked over his manual. ..."
5. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by William H. Steele, Charles Elliott Fitch (1900)
"... and I would, therefore, ask unanimous consent to make a motion that the
Secretary be directed to see that the paging is made continuous. ..."
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