{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-26/rule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-26/rule-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981",
  "path": "part/26/rule/1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the applicant” means the person who makes the initial claim;\n“the respondent” means the person against whom the initial claim is made;\n“a counterclaim” means a claim which is made by the respondent against the applicant;\n“the judge” means the district judge;\n“a small claim” means an action to which Article 30(3) of the Order applies;\n“small claims court” means a court which processes small claims;\n“the small claims office” means the office of the small claims court which will process the small claim;\n“the officer” means the person in the court office who processes the application for a small claim; and\n“party” means the applicant or the respondent.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/26/rule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:17.527867+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."
}