INFERIOR COURTS JUDGMENTS EXTENSION ACT 1882

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INFERIOR COURTS JUDGMENTS EXTENSION ACT 1882 - SECT 2

Interpretation.

2. In this Act the following words and expressions shall have the
interpretations and meanings in this section assigned to them respectively,
unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such
construction; (that is to say,)

The expression "judgment" shall include decreet, civil bill decree, dismiss,
or order:

The expression "inferior courts" shall include County Courts, Civil Bill
Courts, and all Courts in England and Ireland having jurisdiction to hear and
determine civil causes, other than the High Courts of Justice; and in Ireland,
Courts of Petty Sessions ...; and in Scotland shall include the Sheriffs
Courts and the Courts held under the Small Debts and Debts Recovery Acts:

The expression "registrar of an inferior court" shall include the sheriff
clerk of a Sheriffs Court in Scotland, and any officer fulfilling the duties
of a registrar in an inferior court in England; and in Ireland shall include
the [chief clerk] or other officer whose duty it is to enter the judgment,
decree, or order of the court:

"Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under the provisions of this Act:

The expression "person" shall include any party or parties to a cause in any
inferior court in England, Scotland, or Ireland:

The expression "plaintiff" shall include pursuer, complainer, or any person at
whose instance any action or proceeding in an inferior court is instituted;
and the expression "defendant" shall include defender, respondent, or other
person against whom any such action or proceeding is directed:

The expression "action" shall mean the action or other proceeding in which any
judgment was pronounced; and the expression "summons" shall mean the summons
or other initial writ in such action.

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INFERIOR COURTS JUDGMENTS EXTENSION ACT 1882 - SECT 2