# County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981, Rule 1: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

In this Order the following words and expressions have the following meanings, unless a contrary intention appears:—
“originating process” includes a third party notice [ . . .];
“interlocutory process” means an order, notice or summons made, given or issued in proceedings already commenced in or remitted to a county court;
“process” means an originating process or an interlocutory process;
“country” means a foreign country, or any country mentioned in Rule 7(5);
“country of service” means the country in which a process is to be served or is served pursuant to leave granted under this Order;
“convention country” means a foreign country with which a convention has been made in relating to civil procedure including the service documents issued from Northern Ireland in the foreign country and includes a country which is a party to the Hague Convention;
[ “convention territory” means the territory or territories of any Contracting State, as defined by section 1(3) of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 ... ;]
“Hague Convention” means the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil or Commercial matters signed at The Hague on 15th November 1965;
“associated state” has the meaning given to it by the Interpretation Act 1978;
“colony” has the meaning given to it by the Interpretation Act 1978;
“applicant” means the party applying for or obtaining leave under this Order to serve a process outside Northern Ireland [ or, where leave is not required, the party serving a process out of Northern Ireland;]
“respondent” means the party on whom the applicant seeks or obtains leave to serve a process [ or, where leave is not required, the party on whom a process is served out of Northern Ireland.]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/6A/rule/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-6A/rule-1
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