# The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Rule 2.2: The glossary

Extent: E+W

(1) The glossary at the end of these Rules is a guide to the meaning of certain legal expressions used in the Rules, but is not to be taken as giving those expressions any meaning in the Rules which they do not have in the law generally.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), words in these Rules which are included in the glossary are followed by “(GL)”.
(3) The words ‘counterclaim’, ‘damages’, ‘practice form’ and ‘service’, which appear frequently in the Rules, are included in the glossary but are not followed by “(GL)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/2.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-2.2
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