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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-3/chapter-1/rule-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-3/chapter-1/rule-4.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/3/chapter/1/rule/4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Persons liable under one contract",
  "text": "The plaintiff may at his option join as parties to the same action all or any one of the persons severally or jointly and severally liable on any one contract.",
  "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/3/chapter/1/rule/4",
    "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."
}