Motion - A request by a litigant to a judge for a decision on an issue relating to the case.⏎
Redemption - A procedure in a Chapter 7 case whereby a debtor removes a secured creditor's lien on collateral by paying the creditor the value of the property. The debtor may then retain the property.⏎
Pro se - Representing oneself. Serving as one's own lawyer.⏎
Preferential debt payment - A debt payment made to a creditor in the 90-day period before a debtor files bankruptcy (or within one year if the creditor was an insider) that gives the creditor more than the creditor would receive in the debtor's chapter 7 case.⏎
Petty offense - A federal misdemeanor punishable by six months or less in prison.⏎