A motion is a written or oral application to a court in a pending case seeking some sort of ruling or order. A petition, on the other hand, is always in writing, and is considered a pleading, used to commence a proceeding, or initiate a collateral one. I strongly encourage you to seek out and retain an attorney.
FrÃ©dÃ©ric Bastiat quotes (showing 1-30 of 244) â 1 Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all. We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion.
On 4 December the Convention's president Bertrand BarÃ¨re presented it with the indictment (drafted by Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet) and decreed the interrogation of Louis XVI. Louis made his entrance into the Convention chamber then: Louis, said BarÃ¨re de Vieuzac, the nation accuses you, the National Assembly decreed on 3 December that you would be judged by it; on 6 December, it decided that you would be brought to the dock.