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A motion to strike is a request by one party in a United States trial requesting that the presiding judge order the removal of all or part of the opposing party's pleading to the court. These motions are most commonly sought by the defendant, as to a matter contained in the plaintiff's complaint; however, they may also be asserted by plaintiffs ...
A motion to strike may refer to: Motion to strike (court of law), a legal motion given by one party in a trial requesting the presiding judge order the removal of ...
A "motion to dismiss" asks the court to decide that a claim, even if true as stated, is not one for which the law offers a legal remedy.As an example, a claim that the defendant failed to greet the plaintiff while passing the latter on the street, insofar as no legal duty to do so may exist, would be dismissed for failure to state a valid claim: the court must assume the truth of the factual ...
Sacramento County’s criminal attorneys will go on strike Aug. 26 after months-long talks over a new contract slowed to a standstill.. Nearly 300 of the county’s deputy district attorneys and ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday evening that House Republicans from across the conference struck a deal to raise the threshold for the motion to vacate -- a procedure rank-and-file ...
Strike for cause (also referred to as challenge for cause or removal for cause) is a method of eliminating potential members from a jury panel in the United States.. During the jury selection process, after voir dire, opposing attorneys may request removal of any juror who does not appear capable of rendering a fair and impartial verdict, in either determining guilt or innocence and/or a ...
Motion to strike (court of law) This page was last edited on 11 November 2014, at 04:35 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
It is one of three types of amendments; the other two are motion to insert, and motion to strike and insert. A motion to strike the last word is a pro forma amendment under the "five minute rule", formally proposing to remove the last word from the text under consideration, but in practical terms simply seeking an additional five minutes to ...