suo moto or suo motu? - sue motu – taking fat people to court? |
Yesterday’s Greek and Latin word was suo moto. A very famous author pointed out it is suo motu, not suo moto.
“Suo moto” should actually be “suo motu” ! You may confirm it from dictionary (I mean not from some judgement where frequently misspelled.) Thank you sir for your interest in DDT and the correction. But ….
This is what http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/SUOMOTO says
Adverb: suo moto
Usage: Asia
1. On their or its own initiative, without external prompting or explicit demand
"Both legislations broadly define the Right to Information as the right to access information held by the government and place a positive duty on public bodies to disclose information suo moto"
And this is what is given in http://www.answers.com/topic/suo-moto?method=22
Suo moto
Suo Motu, meaning "on its own motion," is an Indian legal term, approximately equivalent to the English term Sua Sponte. It is used, for example, where a government agency acts on its own cognisance, as in "the Commission took Suo Motu control over the matter." Example; "there is no requirement that a court suo motu instruct a jury upon these defenses." State v. Pierson.
There was a question in http://forum.wordreference.com/archive/index.php?t-56545.html
suo moto OR suo motu. Is this a Spanish word? It means 'by itself, of its own, without asking for'.
There is an interesting blog in http://inkspillz.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_inkspillz_archive.html
More Trash - January 17, 2006 . 11:15 PM .
“Party leader Thorat requested the police to take suo motu action against Joshi as the victim has not yet lodged a complaint.”
What is suo motu? Taking fat people (no, you can’t say I’m being politically incorrect, I’m including myself in this category) to court?
Sis informs me it’s suo moto and suo moto means “of its own accord”. As if the police does anything of its own accord. Thorat hasn’t watched enough Hindi movies. They should dump the phrase suo moto. Unless Motorola wants to use it for a courtroom advert.
DDT is once again grateful to the keen observer.