{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-74.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-74.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/74.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "74.2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Section—\n(a) “Contracting State” has the meaning given in section 1(3) of the 1982 Act;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) “judgment” means, subject to any other enactment, any judgment given by a foreign court or tribunal, whatever the judgment may be called, and includes—\n(i) a decree;\n(ii) an order;\n(iii) a decision;\n(iv) a writ of execution or a writ of control; and\n(v) the determination of costs by an officer of the court;\n(d) “State of origin”, in relation to any judgment, means the State in which that judgment was given;\n(e) “writ of control” is to be construed in accordance with section 62(4) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;\n(f) “writ of execution” includes—\n(i) a writ of possession;\n(ii) a writ of delivery;\n(iii) a writ of sequestration;\n(iv) a writ of fieri facias de bonis ecclesiasticis,\nand any further writ in favour of any such writs, but does not include a writ of control.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 74 inserted (2.12.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2058), rule 1(b), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 74.2(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 15(4)(a) (with regs. 26, 27) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(i)(j)(4)(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 74.2(1)(c)(iv) inserted (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(3), 34(b)(i) (with rule 41)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 74.2(1)(d): semicolon substituted for full stop (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(3), 34(b)(ii) (with rule 41)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Rule 74.2(1)(e)(f) inserted (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(3), 34(b)(iii) (with rule 41)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Rule 74.2(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 15(4)(b) (with regs. 26, 27) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(i)(j)(4)(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/74.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}