TX CSR WKT STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
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✔✔A request by an attorney for the judge to make a specific ruling or take some sort of
action regarding the request - ✔✔Motion
✔✔Word for Word - ✔✔verbatim
✔✔A motion made at the outset of a trial in an attempt to suppress damaging or in
admissible evidence that the other side might want to use. - ✔✔motion in limine
✔✔A document made by the plaintiff at the request of the defendant. It is a detailed
account of the charges made against the defendant. - ✔✔bill of particulars
✔✔This is routine when a case has had widespread publicity, and the defendants
attorney does not believe that the defendant can receive a fair trial in the place of
original jurisdiction. - ✔✔motion for a change of venue
✔✔Usually occurs because the judge may have knowledge of the case or may have
even represented one of the parties in previous cases. It is done in the interest of
fairness and justice. - ✔✔disqualification
✔✔Simply a request to post pone the trial until a later date or court session. - ✔✔Motion
for a continuance of case
✔✔Requests the court to grant judgment in favor of the party filing the motion. The
motion is usually accompanied by affidavits or answers to discovery, stating undisputed
facts and entitled the party to a judgment in his or her favor. - ✔✔motion for summary
judgment
✔✔If a defendant feels as though the court does not have the proper authority to hear
or decide a case, they will make this motion. - ✔✔Motion to dismiss for want of
jurisdiction
✔✔A motion made after a case has been on file for a long period with no action by the
plaintiffs attorney to prepare for trial. - ✔✔Motion to dismiss for lack of prosecution
✔✔A plaintiffs motion requesting the court to dismiss the case either with prejudice or
without prejudice. In some jurisdictions, this motion is referred to as a voluntary
dismissal. - ✔✔motion for non-suit
, ✔✔This motion asks the court to allow one side to hold back temporarily from showing
the other side certain documents or other things about the case. - ✔✔motion for
protective order
✔✔This motion is filed to require the opposing party to perform some act, such as to
answer interrogatories or produce documents in accordance with a motion for
production. - ✔✔Motion to compel
✔✔A judicial order to someone holding a person to bring that person to court it may be
made, inquiring into the reason for detention of a defendant in obtaining their release if it
is deemed illegal. - ✔✔writ of habeas corpus
✔✔At the end of the plaintiffs case, and again at the end of the entire case, the
defendants attorney may make this motion. Usually, these motions are denied, and the
case continues to its completion. - ✔✔motion to dismiss the complaint
✔✔This occurs when the judge ends the trial and declares that it will have no legal
effect on either party. It occurs whenever a major defect and procedure occurs, such as
counsel being guilty of misconduct, the inability of a material witness or party to
continue on the witness stand, or the death or sickness of a juror with no alternate
appointed. - ✔✔mistrial
✔✔This motion is a request made by either counsel to have the jury view a scene or an
alleged criminal offense has taken place. - ✔✔Motion to view premises
✔✔After a case has been tried and a verdict is reached, defense counsel will usually
make this motion. This motion is almost always denied unless the judge is convinced
that a gross miscarriage of justice has taken place. - ✔✔motion for a new trial
✔✔A request to a judge that part of a parties pleading or a piece of evidence be
removed from the record. All testimony and discussion of this motion are included in the
transcript. - ✔✔motion to strike
✔✔Procedural guidelines by which attorneys and the judge conduct the litigation
processes. - ✔✔rules of evidence
✔✔Includes all the means by which any alleged matter of fact, the truth of which is
subjected to investigation, is established or disproved. - ✔✔evidence
✔✔To put the trial judge on notice that an attorney does not agree with the courts ruling
and may use that if an appeal is made. - ✔✔taking an exception
ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔A request by an attorney for the judge to make a specific ruling or take some sort of
action regarding the request - ✔✔Motion
✔✔Word for Word - ✔✔verbatim
✔✔A motion made at the outset of a trial in an attempt to suppress damaging or in
admissible evidence that the other side might want to use. - ✔✔motion in limine
✔✔A document made by the plaintiff at the request of the defendant. It is a detailed
account of the charges made against the defendant. - ✔✔bill of particulars
✔✔This is routine when a case has had widespread publicity, and the defendants
attorney does not believe that the defendant can receive a fair trial in the place of
original jurisdiction. - ✔✔motion for a change of venue
✔✔Usually occurs because the judge may have knowledge of the case or may have
even represented one of the parties in previous cases. It is done in the interest of
fairness and justice. - ✔✔disqualification
✔✔Simply a request to post pone the trial until a later date or court session. - ✔✔Motion
for a continuance of case
✔✔Requests the court to grant judgment in favor of the party filing the motion. The
motion is usually accompanied by affidavits or answers to discovery, stating undisputed
facts and entitled the party to a judgment in his or her favor. - ✔✔motion for summary
judgment
✔✔If a defendant feels as though the court does not have the proper authority to hear
or decide a case, they will make this motion. - ✔✔Motion to dismiss for want of
jurisdiction
✔✔A motion made after a case has been on file for a long period with no action by the
plaintiffs attorney to prepare for trial. - ✔✔Motion to dismiss for lack of prosecution
✔✔A plaintiffs motion requesting the court to dismiss the case either with prejudice or
without prejudice. In some jurisdictions, this motion is referred to as a voluntary
dismissal. - ✔✔motion for non-suit
, ✔✔This motion asks the court to allow one side to hold back temporarily from showing
the other side certain documents or other things about the case. - ✔✔motion for
protective order
✔✔This motion is filed to require the opposing party to perform some act, such as to
answer interrogatories or produce documents in accordance with a motion for
production. - ✔✔Motion to compel
✔✔A judicial order to someone holding a person to bring that person to court it may be
made, inquiring into the reason for detention of a defendant in obtaining their release if it
is deemed illegal. - ✔✔writ of habeas corpus
✔✔At the end of the plaintiffs case, and again at the end of the entire case, the
defendants attorney may make this motion. Usually, these motions are denied, and the
case continues to its completion. - ✔✔motion to dismiss the complaint
✔✔This occurs when the judge ends the trial and declares that it will have no legal
effect on either party. It occurs whenever a major defect and procedure occurs, such as
counsel being guilty of misconduct, the inability of a material witness or party to
continue on the witness stand, or the death or sickness of a juror with no alternate
appointed. - ✔✔mistrial
✔✔This motion is a request made by either counsel to have the jury view a scene or an
alleged criminal offense has taken place. - ✔✔Motion to view premises
✔✔After a case has been tried and a verdict is reached, defense counsel will usually
make this motion. This motion is almost always denied unless the judge is convinced
that a gross miscarriage of justice has taken place. - ✔✔motion for a new trial
✔✔A request to a judge that part of a parties pleading or a piece of evidence be
removed from the record. All testimony and discussion of this motion are included in the
transcript. - ✔✔motion to strike
✔✔Procedural guidelines by which attorneys and the judge conduct the litigation
processes. - ✔✔rules of evidence
✔✔Includes all the means by which any alleged matter of fact, the truth of which is
subjected to investigation, is established or disproved. - ✔✔evidence
✔✔To put the trial judge on notice that an attorney does not agree with the courts ruling
and may use that if an appeal is made. - ✔✔taking an exception
