Latin: By reason of death; in contemplation of death. Thus used in the phrase "Donatio mortis causa"9 (q.) Mortis momentum est ultimnm vita) momentum. The last moment of life is the moment of death. Terrill v. Public Adm'r, 4 Bradf. Sur. (N. Y.) 245, 250. … [Read more...]

(A) During a lawsuit or litigation, it is one party's request to the court for an order or action of a certain kind. Motions may be written or oral. (B) During a lawsuit, one of the parties requests that the judge make a decision (an order or ruling) so as to resolve some procedural or other issue that may have arisen during the course of the litigation. A motion can be written … [Read more...]

Latin term meaning Death puts an end to all things. … [Read more...]

When a party makes a motion or request of court to vacate a judgment after it has been entered and order a new trial. Typically this occurs when significant legal errors occurred (which may have been committed by the judge) or the evidence presented was clearly insufficient to support the verdict reached by a jury. … [Read more...]

A term applied to denote the alienation of lands or tenements to any corporation, sole or aggregate, ecclesiastical or temporal. These purchases having been chiefly made by religious houses, in consequence of which lands became perpetually inherent in one dead hand, this has occasioned the general appellation of comortmain to be applied to such alienations. 2 BL Comm. 268; Co. … [Read more...]