own motion

English

Alternative forms

  • own-motion

Etymology

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

Adjective

own motion (not comparable)

  1. (attributive, Australia) 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.
    Extensive media coverage of the issue led the ombudsman to commence an own motion investigation.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.