courts and procedure

Mortgage delinquency is a term often used in the context of real-estate to define a situation in which the borrower (homeowner) of a mortgage loan is late on required mortgage payments.

A motion is a formal request made by any party for a desired ruling, order, or judgment. 

A motion for directed verdict is a motion by a party asking the trial judge to issue a ruling after determining that there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a reasonable

• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• civil procedure
• judgment as a matter of law
• directed verdict
• motions

A motion for judgment as a matter of law asks the court to enter a judgment based on the conclusion that no reasonable jury could reach a different conclusion.

A motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) is a motion asking the court to enter a judgment disregarding the verdict rendered by the jury.

A motion for summary judgment is a motion asking the court to issue summary judgment on at least one claim. If the motion is granted, a decision is made on the claims involved without holding a trial. Typically, the motion must show that no 

A "motion in limine" is a pretrial motion that seeks the exclusion of specific evidence or arguments from being presented during a trial. A motion in limine is decided by the judge outside of the presence of the jury.

A motion to dismiss is a formal request for a court to dismiss a case. The reasons for a dismissal vary greatly.

• motions
• motion to dismiss
• 12(B)(6) MOTION
• litigation
• lawsuit
• SETTLEMENT

In law, a motion to quash is a formal request made to a court to declare a specific proceeding, such as a subpoena, an arrest warrant, or a legal complaint, as invalid or void.

A motion to strike is a request to a judge that part of a party’s pleading or a piece of evidence be removed from the record. During the pleading stage, this can be accomplished by a tool such as Rule 12(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or a state equivalent.