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own motion

own motion adjective: 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.

Adjective

own motion (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, attributive) 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.

own motion meaning in Kannada

own motion in Kannada

ಸ್ವಪ್ರೇರಣೆ, ತಾನಾಗಿಯೇ

Forms of own motion

alternative formown-motion

Origin of own motion

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

Questions about own motion

What does own motion mean?
Own motion means 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.
What is own motion in Kannada?
Own motion in Kannada is ಸ್ವಪ್ರೇರಣೆ, ತಾನಾಗಿಯೇ. See Own motion meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is own motion?
Own motion is an adjective.

Words near own motion in the dictionary

  1. own brands
  2. own goal
  3. own goals
  4. own label
  5. own labels
  6. own motion
  7. own time, own target
  8. own up
  9. Own Voices
  10. own-account
  11. own-goal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: own motion (page history and authors); own motion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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