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motion to alter or amend the judgment<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n(1950)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A party\u2019s request that the court<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n correct a substantive error in the judgment, such as a manifest error of law or fact.<\/span>\u00a0 Under the<\/span> Federal Rules of Civil Procedure<\/a>, a motion to alter or amend the judgment<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n must be filed, within ten days after the judgment is entered.\u00a0 It should not ordinarily be\u00a0used to correct clerical errors in a judgment.\u00a0 Those types of errors that is, errors that\u00a0result in the judgment not reflecting the court\u2019s intention \u2013 may be brought in a motion\u00a0for relief from the judgment, which does not have the ten-day deadline.\u00a0 A motion to\u00a0alter or amend the judgment is usually directed to substantive issues regarding the\u00a0judgment, such as an intervening change in the law or newly discovered evidence that\u00a0was not available at trial.<\/span> Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e)<\/a>.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

amendment of judgment<\/span> –<\/strong> See modification of judgment<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [2] [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

modification of judgment<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A change in the terms, rather than the reversal fo a judgment. 5 Am Jur 2d A & E \u00a7 937<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Correcting a judgment to make it speak the truth of what was decided.\u00a0 Changing the terms of a judgment upon sufficient grounds presented therefor. 30A Am J Rev ed Judgm \u00a7 656<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure<\/a>, and most state’s rules of civil procedure, a judgment may be modified in circumstances in which it is equitable to do so, in order that it will accurately reflect what was decided.\u00a0 Grounds for modification generally include clerical error, inadvertence, excusable neglect, fraud, misrepresentation,and newly discovered evidence. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

amend<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. To improve; to make better by change or modification; to correct; to adjust.\u00a0 Thus, a motion to amend<\/em> is a motion by which a party seeks the court’s permission to correct an error or omission in a pleading or to modify allegations and supply new ones.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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