MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

motion for judgment on the pleadings.A party’s request that the court rule in its favor based on the pleadings on file, without accepting evidence, as when the outcome of the case rests on the court’s interpretation of the law.Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c). [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1052; Pleading 342. C.J.S. Pleading § 594.]

[Blacks Law 8th]