Table of Contents. Background ....................................................................................................................................1. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Overview....................................................................................2. A.
ISBN 978-1-4435-8304-6 (PDF) Motions allow the parties to ask the court to make temporary decisions on the matters that you have asked the court to decide. Either party can make motions before the court makes a final decision on the matters in your case. An example of a motion is where one party asks the judge for a temporary order concerning where the children will live or how much time they will spend with each parent.
In United States law, a motion is a procedural device to bring a limited, contested issue before a court for decision. It is a request to the judge 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 p