Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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bill for a new trial.
A bill in equity to enjoin a judgment and to obtain a new trial because of some fact that would render enforcement of the judgment inequitable. The fact must have been either unavailable or unknown to the party at trial due to fraud or accident. Cf. MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL.
motion for a new trial
See MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL.
motion for new trial
A party's post judgment request that the court vacate the judgment and order a new trial for such reasons as factually insufficient evidence, newly discovered evidence, or jury misconduct. ( In many jurisdictions, this motion is required before a party can raise such matters on appeal. - Also termed motion for a new trial.
new trial
A postjudgment retrial or reexamination of some or all of the issues determined in an earlier judgment. ( The trial court may order a new trial, either by motion of a party or on the court's own initiative. Also, an appellate court, in reversing the trial court's judgment, may remand the case to the trial court for a new trial on some or all of the issues on which the reversal is based. Fed. R. Civ. P. 59. See MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL; REMAND.