The phrase "a motion to extend" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts when requesting an extension of time or a deadline.
Example: "The attorney filed a motion to extend the deadline for submitting evidence in the case."
Alternatives: "a request for an extension" or "a proposal to prolong".
Last week one freeholder, Frank Fuzo, introduced a motion to extend the trial through December.
A government source confirmed last night that Downing Street was drawing up a motion to "extend UK air strikes to Isil [Isis] in Syria".
Murphy made her remarks as part of a motion to extend the remit of the Irish government's comptroller and auditor general to cover the IBRC, which is wholly owned by the state and is being wound down.
Poland's prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, after meeting Barnier in Warsaw, said: "We are open to consider a motion to extend the process of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union by six, nine or 12 months.
Over the next few days, we will be debating civil liberties on three occasions: a motion to extend and entrench the freedom bill), the Lib Dem effort to roll back the last 10 years' encroachment on our civil liberties; the report of the Privacy Commission, established by Nick Clegg in January under the chairmanship of David Heath; and a motion on the policing of protest in the wake of the G20.
Debtors can file a motion to extend the stay, but there is a presumption of a bad faith filing, only overcome if a debtor can show there has been a "substantial change in his or her financial or personal affairs" that makes discharge likely.
MPs are to debate and vote on a government motion to extend UK airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria on Wednesday.
Politicians have been quick to stick the boot in, with Mike Weatherley – the Tory MP responsible for last year's anti-squatting law – tabling an Early Day Motion to extend the ban to commercial properties.
At eight weeks, patients were encouraged to achieve a full range of motion, to extend the knee against unlimited resistance and to ride a stationary bicycle with resistance.
A hearing on General Growth's motion to extend the exclusivity period for its plan of reorganization is scheduled for Monday in federal bankruptcy court in Manhattan.
Ministers have engaged in heated discussions surrounding the vote for several days and Prime Minister David Cameron, who first tabled the motion to extend airstrikes to Syria, called opponents of the idea "a bunch of terrorist sympathisers".
