Special Case how settled.
Betting down for Argument.
Nonauit, &c,
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3. Every such special case shall be settled by the parties, and in case of difference by the full Court.
4.-The Court may order any point of law reserved to be set down for argument without any previous application.
5. The Court shall, upon motion for a new trial, have power to order a where no Leave nonsuitor verdict to be entered, although no leave has been reserved atthe trial.
Withdrawal and Adjustment of Suits.
reserved.
Court may
bermit With-" Arawal with Liberty to bring fresh Action.
Limitation of Action.
Withdrawal Without Per- mission.
Dispo al of Suit
LXVI.-If the plaintiff, at any time before final judgment, satisfy the Court that there are sufficient grounds for permitting him to withdraw from the suit with liberty to bring a fresh suit for the same matter, it shall be competent to the Court to grant such permission on such terms as to costs or otherwise as it may deem proper. In any such fresh suit, the plaintiff shall be bound by the rules for the limitation of actions in the same manner as if the first suit bad not been brought. If the plaintiff withdraw from the suit without such permission, be shall he precluded from bringing a fresh suit for the same matter.
2. If a suit shall be adjusted by mutual agreement or compromise. by Adjustment. or if the defendant satisfy the plaintiff in respect of the matter of the suit,.
such agreement, compromise, cr satisfaction shall be recorded, and the suit shall be disposed of in accordance therewith.
Notice of Adjustment to Registrar.
Delivery of ¶udgment.
Where Judg 'ment reserved.
Where Judg. tent delivered at Hearing. Notice of Jndgment.
Minute thereof
by Registrar
Force and Effect thereof.
Formal Decree.
Decree for Money- Interest.
ayment by Instalments.
Where Set-off
allowed.
3.-Notice of such agreement, compromise, or satisfaction shall be given by the plaintiff, or in case an attorney shall be employed, by his attorney, to the Registrar, tog, ther with such particulars as may be required of him, within one week after the same shall have been made, and in default thereof he shall be deemed guilty of a contempt of Court.
CHAPTER X.-JUDGMENT AND DECREE.
LXVII. When the cause is tried by the Court with a jury, the verdict shall be recorded and judgment shall be entered up by the Registrar as the Court shall direct; and when the cause is tried by the Court without a jury the judgment shall be pronounced in open Court, unless the Court shall otherwise direct, or it may be read by the Registrar if so ordered.
2. If the judgment of the Court is reserved at the hearing, parties to the suit shall be summoned to hear judgment, unless the Court at the hearing states the day on which judgment will be delivered, in which case no summons to hear judgment shall be issued.
3. All parties shall be deemed to have notice of any judgment, if the same is pronounced at the hearing of the application or suit.
4. All parties duly served with notice to attend and hear judgment shall be deemed to have notice of the judgment when pronounced.
shall
5.- A minute of every judgment, whether final or interlocutory, be made by the Registrar, and every such minute shall be a decree of the Court, and shall have the full force and effect of a formal decree: Pro- Vided always that the Court may order a formal decrce to be drawn up on the application of either party.
6-When the suit is for a sum of money due to the plaintiff, the Court may, in the decre», order interest, at such rate as the Court may think proper, to be paid or the principal sum adjudged from the date of the suit to the date of the judgment, in addition to any interest adjudged on such principal sum for any period prior to the date of the suit; with further interest on the aggregate sum so adjudged and on the costs of the suit from the date of the decree to the date of payment.
for
7.—In all judgments for the payment of money, the Court may, any sufficient reason, order that the amount shall be paid by instalments
with or without、interest.
8.--If the defendant shall I ave been allowed to set-off any demand against the claim of the plaintiff, the judgment shall sate what amount