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movant

movant noun: the party who moves for the judge to rule in favor of a motion.

Noun

movant (plural movants)

  1. The party who moves for the judge to rule in favor of a motion.

Forms of movant

pluralmovants
alternative formmovent

Origin of movant

From move + -ant.

Words formed from movant

Questions about movant

What does movant mean?
Movant means the party who moves for the judge to rule in favor of a motion.
What part of speech is movant?
Movant is a noun.
What is the plural of movant?
The plural of movant is movants.

Words near movant in the dictionary

  1. movableness
  2. movables
  3. movably
  4. moval
  5. movals
  6. movant
  7. movants
  8. Movchan
  9. move
  10. move a finger
  11. move about

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