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The phrase "a motion to grant" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal or formal contexts when referring to a proposal or request for approval or permission.
Example: "The attorney filed a motion to grant the defendant bail pending trial."
Alternatives: "a request for approval" or "a proposal to approve".
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Sud made a motion to grant the request, which was unanimously approved.
Thereafter, Gherebi urged this court to resolve the "threshhold question" of federal subject matter jurisdiction in a motion to grant his petition summarily.
Liberian officials have rejected a motion to grant its President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, increased power to deal with the epidemic, such as the ability to restrict movement and prevent public gatherings, saying it would turn the country into a police state.
The judge in her case rejected a motion to grant her immunity under the statute, however, saying that "there is insufficient evidence that the defendant reasonably believed deadly force was needed to prevent death or great bodily harm to herself" and the fact that she came back into the living room rather than retreating "is inconsistent with a person who is in genuine fear for her life".
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Last fall, after the trial court's decision, the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to allow enforcement to continue, and the Supreme Court upheld the appeals court.
In court on Friday, the father's attorney said the surgery had not yet been scheduled, but Gillen gave him sole authority, temporarily, for the boy's medical decisions, and granted a motion to allow him to travel out-of-state to have the procedure completed.
It should be noted that, in reviewing a case in which a motion to dismiss was granted, we are required to accept well-pleaded allegations of the indictment as the hypothesis for decision.
It is the intent of the provision only that when a motion to suppress is granted in another context, its scope may include use in a future grand jury proceeding.' S.Rep.No.1097, 90th Cong., 2d Sess., 106 (1968); U.S.Code Cong.
Only four votes are required for the court to grant a motion to review a case.
Two days before Christmas, a federal judge in Newark refused to grant a motion to order Wall Township to dismantle its public creche and menorah, and accused the American Civil Liberties Union of timing its request to maximize publicity.
On Monday, a lawyer representing the victorious plaintiffs will be urging a federal district judge in San Francisco, James Ware, to grant a motion to make public the videotape of the 12-day trial.
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