Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961
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PART III Circuit Court | ||
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Definitions (Part III). |
15.—In this Part of and in the Third , Fourth and Fifth Schedules to this Act— | |
“action” means a civil proceeding in the Circuit Court commenced by civil bill; | ||
“cause” means any action, suit or original proceeding between a plaintiff and a defendant; | ||
“defendant” includes respondent; | ||
“incorporeal hereditament” includes an easement and a licence in respect of land; | ||
“matter” means any proceeding in the Circuit Court not in a cause; | ||
“plaintiff” includes applicant and petitioner; | ||
“proceedings” includes both causes and matters; | ||
references to the judge of a particular circuit shall be construed as references to the judge of the Circuit Court for the time being assigned to that circuit; | ||
“personality” does not include chattels real; | ||
“land” includes incorporeal hereditaments; | ||
“rules of court” means rules made under section 66 of the Act of 1924, as applied by section 48 of this Act. |