Movant:
One who makes a motion before a court. The applicant for a judicial rule or order.
Generally, it is the job of the movant to convince a judge to rule, or grant an order, in favor of the motion. Rules and legal precedent within particular jurisdictions, as well as the type of motion sought, dictate the burdens of proof and persuasion each party must meet when a court considers a motion. [TheFreeDictionary.com]
Noted in “Burlington lawyer joins U.S. Supreme Court Bar,” Isaac Groves, The Times-News of Burlington, North Carolina:
Campbell actually recruited Berry and a few other graduates to apply to the bar. She was one of the dozen or so who made the cut. It was not a difficult process to apply, Berry said. She had to contact the N.C. Supreme Court and get her standing in this jurisdiction to show she had no disciplinary actions or grievances against her professionally.
The induction was done at the Supreme Court itself earlier this month before the nine justices, with all the legal pomp the high court is known for, where a current member of the bar — a movant — requested Berry be admitted.
“Your movant introduces you to the Supreme Court by name,” Berry said, “and then you stand and you look down at all nine justices, or rather you look up at all nine justices, and they look down at you, and the chief justice says, ‘You are so affirmed.’”
