prayer for relief
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prayer for relief — What the plaintiff in a lawsuit asks of the court for example, monetary damages, an injunction to make the defendant stop a certain activity, or both. The plaintiff usually makes a special prayer for specific relief (for example, a monetary… … Law dictionary
Prayer for relief — The prayer for relief is what the plaintiff asks of the court for example, the plaintiff may ask for an award of monetary damages, an injunction to make the defendant stop a certain activity, or both … Wikipedia
prayer for relief — That portion of a complaint (more properly called demand for relief) in a civil action which sets forth the requested relief or damages to which the pleader deems himself entitled. This is a requisite element of the complaint. Fed.R.Civil P. 8(a) … Black's law dictionary
application for relief — index prayer Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
request for relief — index petition, prayer Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
prayer for alternative relief — See prayer in the alternative … Ballentine's law dictionary
prayer — / prer/ n: the part of a pleading (as a complaint) that specifies the relief sought; also: a request for relief or some other action by the court Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. prayer … Law dictionary
prayer — The request contained in a bill in equity that the court will grant the process, aid, or relief which the complainant desires. Also, by extension, the term is applied to that part of the bill which contains this request. Under modern rules… … Black's law dictionary
prayer — prayer, suit, plea, petition, appeal mean an earnest and usually a formal request for something and their corresponding intransitive verbs pray, sue, plead, petition, appeal mean to make such a request. Prayer and pray imply that the request is… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Prayer — For other uses, see Prayer (disambiguation). Mary Magdalene by Ary Scheffer (1795–1858). Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a deity through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or … Wikipedia
