motion

:  to signal by a movement or gesture the pitcher motioned to the catcher

:  to direct by a motion motioned me to the seat

Sir Andrew 1952–     British poet; poet laureate (1999–2009)

1 :  an act or process of changing place or position :  movement We felt the swaying motion of the train.

2 :  a movement of the body or its parts … the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. — Washington Irving, “Sleepy Hollow”

3 :  a formal plan or suggestion for action offered according to the rules of a meeting She made a motion to adjourn.

:  to direct or signal by a movement or sign Instantly she set the bird down and motioned everyone away … — Carolyn Keene, The Double Jinx Mystery

1:  an act, process, or instance of changing place :  movement

2a:  an evacuation of the bowelsb:  the matter evacuated—often used in plural blood in the motions—Lancet

1 :  a proposal for action; especially :  a formal proposal made in a legislative assembly made a motion to refer the bill to committee

2a :  an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction a motion to arrest judgment; also :  a document containing such an application b :  the initiative of a court to issue an order, ruling, or direction the court is given discretion to order a pretrial conference either on its own motion or at the request of a party — J. H. Friedenthal et al. motion for a more definite statement :  a motion that is filed before an answer and that requests the court to order the plaintiff to clarify allegations in the complaint because the claims are so vague or ambiguous that an answer cannot reasonably be framed motion for judgment on the pleadings :  a motion made after pleadings have been entered that requests the court to issue a judgment at that point — compare summary judgment at judgment 1a Editor's note: Under Rule 12(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if matters outside of the pleadings are presented to the court when a motion for judgment on the pleadings is made, the motion will be treated as a motion for summary judgment. motion in limine \-in-ˈli-mə-nē\ :  a usually pretrial motion that requests the court to issue an interlocutory order which prevents an opposing party from introducing or referring to potentially irrelevant, prejudicial, or otherwise generally inadmissible evidence until the court has finally ruled on its admissibility motion to strike 1 :  a motion in a civil trial to remove from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter2 :  a motion in a criminal trial to exclude evidence from the record motion to suppress :  a pretrial motion requesting the court to exclude evidence that was obtained illegally and especially in violation of Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment protections omnibus motion \ˈäm-ni-bəs-\ :  a motion that makes multiple requests filing an omnibus motion to dismiss and for a more definite statement — Department of Ins. of Florida v. Coopers & Lybrand, 570 So. 2d 369 (1990)

:  move motioned for a summary judgment