application – In general, a description of the case you want the judge to make a decision about at a court hearing, and reasons why the judge should decide in your favor.
petition – A court paper that asks the court to take action.
motion – A written request that one side makes to ask the judge to make a decision or an order on a specific point.
pleadings – Formal papers from both sides of a case that say what their legal claims and defenses are and what they want from the court.
http://www.scselfservice.org/small/defend/defchecktxt.htm

Zakon o parničnom postupku
Glava sedma
PODNESCI
Član 106.
Tužba, odgovor na tužbu, pravni lijekovi i druge izjave, prijedlozi i saopćenja koji se daju izvan rasprave podnose se pismeno (podnesci).
http://www.poslovniforum.hr/zakoni/zpp-07.asp

Podnesak ili prijava je svaki zahtjev, molba, prigovor i drugo obraćanje fizičke ili pravne osobe nekom tijelu državne uprave.
http://www.inspektorat.hr/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=277&tabi...




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Note added at 1 day8 hrs (2007-09-14 23:37:23 GMT)
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Izvinjavam se, učinilo mi se da je pitanje za hrvatsko-englesku kombinaciju, pa sam dala primere iz hrvatskih izvora. No mislim da to u ovom slučaju ne smeta, značenje je potpuno isto.