Motion For A New Trial
(n) Motion For A New Trial is the formal request made to a judge for ordering a re-trial of the case on the ground that there was monumentous legal flaws in the procedure or obvious mistakes in the judgment warranting a retrial ...
Motion for a new trial: request in which a losing party asserts that a trial was unfair due to legal errors that prejudiced its case.
motion for a new trial
n. a request made by the loser for the case to be tried again on the basis that there were significant legal errors in the way the trial was conducted and/or the jury or the judge sitting without a jury obviously came to ...
If the court denies the motion for a new trial, then the alternative motion for JNOV is also assumed to be denied. If the court grants the motion for a new trial, then the motion for JNOV is deemed to be effectively disposed of or denied.
When an issue in fact has been decided, there is not in general any appeal except by motion for a new trial; and although a matter.
If on a motion for a new trial the motion is rejected. If on a motion to enter judgment on a verdict, the judgment is entered. In England, if the house of lords be equally divided on a writ of error, the judgment of the court below is affirmed.
ADDITUR : The power of trial court to assess damages or increase the amount of an inadequate award made by jury verdict, as a condition of denial or motion for a new trial.
 See also: Case, Trial, Judge, Judgment, Motion
  
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