English Explanatory Dictionary

own motion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to an investigation by an ombudsman or similar body which was initiated by the body itself, rather than being undertaken in response to a complaint or referral.

Word forms

own motion own-motion

Etymology

Anglicisation of the Latinate legal phrase suo motu (“of one's own motion”).

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