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amended pleading.
O. 28 r. 10.
Correction of clerical mistake in judgment, etc. Ib. r. 11.
General power to amend. Ib. r. 12.
Discovery by interrogatories. O. 31 r. 1.
Decision on interrogatories to be delivered. Ib. r. 2.
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for amending the same, and a copy thereof under the Seal of the Court shall forthwith be served on the opposite party.
185. Any clerical mistake in any judgment or order, or any error arising therein from any accidental slip or omission, may at any time be corrected by the Court, on motion or summons, without an appeal.
186. The Court may at any time, and on such terms as to costs or otherwise as the Court may think just, amend any defect or error in any proceedings, and all necessary amendments shall be made for the purpose of determining the real question or issue raised by or depending on the proceedings.
CHAPTER VI.
DISCOVERY, INSPECTION, AND ADMISSIONS.
Discovery.
187. In any cause or matter the plaintiff or defendant may, by leave of the Court, deliver interrogatories in writing for the examination of the opposite parties or any one or more of such parties, and such interrogatories when delivered shall have a note at the foot thereof, stating which of such interrogatories each of such persons is required to answer. Provided that no party shall deliver more than one set of interrogatories to the same party without an order for that purpose: Provided also that interrogatories which do not relate to any matters in question in the cause or matter shall be deemed irrelevant, notwithstanding that they might be admissible on the oral cross-examination of a witness.
188.--(1.) On an application for leave to deliver interrogatories, particular interrogatories proposed to be delivered shall be submitted to the Court.
(2.) In deciding upon such application, the Court shall take into account any offer which may be made by the party sought to be interrogated to deliver particulars, or to make admissions, or to produce documents relating to the matters in question or any of them, and leave shall be given as to such only of the interrogatories submitted as the Court may consider necessary either for disposing fairly of the cause or matter or for saving costs.
Costs of interrogatories. Ib. r. 3.
189. In adjusting the costs of the cause or matter, inquiry shall, at the instance of any party, be made into the propriety of exhibiting such interrogatories, and if it is the opinion of the taxing officer of the Court, either with or without an application for inquiry, that such interrogatories have been exhibited unreasonably, vexatiously or improperly, or at unnecessary length, the costs occasioned by the said interrogatories and the answers thereto shall be paid in any event by the party in fault.