Section 2Part 1 — Preliminary
Definitions and interpretation
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In this Law —
"appeal" includes any proceedings for discharging or setting aside a judgment or an application for a new trial or a stay of execution;
"country of the original court" means the country in which the original court is situated;
"foreign" includes "Commonwealth";
"Governor" means the Governor in Council;
"judgment" means a judgment or order given or made by a court in any civil proceedings, or a judgment or order given or made by a court in any criminal proceedings for the payment of a sum of money in respect of compensation or damages to an injured party;
"judgment creditor" means a person in whose favour a judgment is given and includes any person in whom the rights under the judgment have become vested by succession, assignment or otherwise;
"judgment debtor" means the person against whom a judgment is given, and includes any person against whom the judgment is enforceable under the law of the original court;
"judgment given in the Grand Court" means judgments given in the Grand Court and includes judgments given in any court on appeals therefrom;
"original court" in relation to any judgment, means the court by which the judgment was given;
"prescribed" means prescribed by Rules of Court;
"registration" and its cognates means registration under Part II;
"registering court" in relation to a judgment, means the court to which an application to register that judgment is made; and
"Rules" means Rules of Court.
For the purposes of this Law, the expression "action in personam" shall not be deemed to include any matrimonial cause or any proceedings in connection with matrimonial matters, administration of the estates of deceased persons, bankruptcy, winding up of companies, lunacy or guardianship of infants.
Defined Terms
appealcountry of the original courtforeignGovernorjudgmentjudgment creditorjudgment debtorjudgment given in the Grand Courtoriginal courtprescribedregistrationregistering courtRules