{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-53",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1984/225",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates’ Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984",
  "path": "rule/53",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In these Rules the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:—\n“debt proceedings” or “ejectment proceedings”, where necessary, include proceedings for the enforcement of orders made in such proceedings;\n“formal order” refers to the document issued by the court and includes a decree, a dismiss, an order under Article 107 of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and an attachment of earnings order under Article 99 of the said order;\n“process” includes an application for a duplicate of an order, and (save as expressly accepted by Rules 58 and 60) an enforcement or committal process under Articles 106 to 110 of the said Order of 1981.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:32:12.928261+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."
}