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Special Motion

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A special motion is a motion addressed to the discretion of the court, and which must be heard and determined, as distinguished from one which may be granted of course. 173 Mich. 109.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A motion addressed to the discretion of the court, and which must be heard and determined ; as distinguished from one which may be granted of course. Merchants' Bank v. Crysler, 67 Fed. 390, 14 C. C. A. 444.

Defined under Motion in Black's Law Dictionary.