# The Solicitors’ (Non-Contentious Business) Remuneration Order 2009, Article 2: Interpretation

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In this Order—
“client” means the client of a solicitor;
“costs” means the amount charged in a solicitor’s bill, exclusive of disbursements and value added tax, in respect of non-contentious business;
“entitled person” means a client or an entitled third party;
“entitled third party” means a residuary beneficiary absolutely and immediately (and not contingently) entitled to an inheritance, where a solicitor has charged the estate for his professional costs for acting in the administration of the estate and the only personal representatives are—
(a)solicitors (whether or not acting in a professional capacity);
(b)solicitors acting jointly with partners, managers or employees in a professional capacity;
(c)employees of a solicitor sole practitioner acting in that capacity; or
(d)managers or employees of a recognised body or a licensed body acting in that capacity;
“licensed body” means a body which holds a licence issued by the Law Society which is in force under Part 5 of the Legal Services Act 2007;
“manager” has the same meaning as in the Legal Services Act 2007 (see section 207 of that Act);
“ombudsman” has the same meaning as in the Legal Services Act 2007 (see section 122(5) of that Act);
“paid disbursements” means disbursements already paid by the solicitor;
“recognised body” means a body recognised by the Law Society under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985;
“registered European lawyer” means a registered European lawyer within the meaning of the European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) Regulations 2000 , as those Regulations have effect by virtue of regulation 6 of the Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, who is registered with the Law Society;
“residuary beneficiary” includes a person entitled to all or part of the residue of an intestate estate; and
“solicitor” includes a registered European lawyer , a recognised body and a licensed body.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1931/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-non-contentious-business-remuneration-order-2009/article-2
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