In a common-law judicial system, the power to hear certain civil actions according to the procedure of the court of chancery, and to resolve them according to equitable rules. [Cases: Equity 1; Federal Courts 7. C.J.S. Equity §§ 2–5, 7–8, 10, 20.]
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local rule. 1. A rule based on the physical conditions of a state and the character, customs, and beliefs of its people. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 25.] 2. A rule by which an individual court supplements the procedural rules applying generally to all courts within the jurisdiction. • Local rules deal with a variety of
F.R.D.abbr. Federal Rules Decisions; a series of reported federal court decisions (beginning in 1938) that construe or apply the Federal Rules of Civil, Criminal, or Appellate Procedure, or the Federal Rules of Evidence. • Also included are rule changes, ceremonial proceedings of federal courts, and articles on federal-court practice and procedure. — Often written FRD.
motion for more definite statement. A party’s request that the court require an opponent to amend a vague or ambiguous pleading to which the party cannot reasonably be required to respond. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(e). — Also termed motion for a more definite statement. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 957; Pleading 367. C.J.S. Pleading §
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Hist. A defensive plea asserting that events occurring after the commencement of the action necessitate its dismissal. • The plea is obsolete because of the pleading requirements in federal and state rules of civil procedure.
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