{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1920/section-12",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/10-11/81",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Justice Act 1920",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1920",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—\nThe expression “judgment” means any judgment or order given or made by a court in any civil proceedings, whether before or after the passing of this Act, whereby any sum of money is made payable, and includes an award in proceedings on an arbitration if the award has, in pursuance of the law in force in the place where it was made, become enforceable in the same manner as a judgment given by a court in that place:\nThe expression “original court” in relation to any judgment means the court by which the judgment was given:\nThe expression “registering court” in relation to any judgment means the court by which the judgment was registered:\nThe expression “judgment creditor” means the person by whom the judgment was obtained, and includes the successors and assigns of that person:\nThe expression “judgment debtor” means the person against whom the judgment was given, and includes any person against whom the judgment is enforceable in the place where it was given.\n(2) Subject to rules of court,rules made under section seven of the Northern Ireland Act 1962 any of the powers conferred by this Part of this Act on any court may be exercised by a judge of the court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 12(2) repealed as it applies to Northern Ireland by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23), s. 123(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words from “rules” to “1962” substituted (N.I.) for words “rules of court” by Northern Ireland Act 1962 (c. 30), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1962 c. 30."
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:57:00.971567+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}