The following definitions shall apply to the local Bankruptcy Rules:

(1) Court or Bankruptcy Court shall mean the bankruptcy judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois who collectively comprise the unit of the District Court for that District known as the Bankruptcy Court.

(2) Fed.R.Bankr.P. shall mean the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure promulgated by the United States Supreme Court, as amended from time to time.

(3) Chief judge shall mean the chief judge or acting chief judge of the Bankruptcy Court.

(4) Clerk of the Court shall mean the duly appointed clerk of the Bankruptcy Court.

(5) Clerk shall include the clerk of the Court, any deputy clerk, and any member of a judge's staff who has taken the oath of office to perform the duties of a deputy clerk.

(6) Courtroom deputy shall mean the deputy clerk assigned to perform courtroom duties for a particular judge.

(7) District Court shall mean the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

(8) Executive Committee shall mean the Executive Committee of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

(9) Local General Rules and local Civil Rules shall mean, respectively, the General Rules and the Civil Rules promulgated by the District Court.

(10) Judge shall mean any bankruptcy judge authorized to hold court in this District.

(11) Local Bankruptcy Rules shall be these Rules and any other Rule pertaining to this Court promulgated by authority of the District Court and the Bankruptcy Court for this District. Rule ____ shall refer to a rule within these local Bankruptcy Rules.

(12) The Bankruptcy Code shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time.

(13) Trustee shall mean the person appointed or elected pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, but excluding the debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11.

(14) The terms motion, petition, and application refer to any request for an order, however characterized.