Mere Motion
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The fres and voluntary act of a party himself, done without the suggestion or influence of another person, is said to be done of his mere motion, ex mero motu, {qg.v.) Brown. The phrase is used of an interference of the courts of law, who will, under some cireumstances, of their own motion, olject to an irregularity in the proceedings, though ity by the plaintiff or defendant in the suit.
3 Chit. Gen, TI'r, 450.