696
No. 3 of 1901.
CODE
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.
[s. 2 contd.]
The bailiff.
Cause.
Cause of action.' H.K. Code,
s. 2.
This Code.
The court.
The Hong Kong Code of Civil Procedure.
Judgment.
Judgment creditor.
Judgment debtor.
Indian Code, s. 2.
Matter.
36 & 37 Vict. c. 66, s. 100.
(b) "The bailiff
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means a bailiff of the court and includes any person lawfully authorized to execute the process of the
*court;
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(c) "Cause" means any action, suit or other original proceeding between a plaintiff and a defendant;
"Cause of action
(d)
in actions founded on contract does not necessarily mean the whole cause of action, but a cause of action shall be deemed to have arisen within the jurisdiction if the contract was made therein, though the breach may have occurred elsewhere, and also if the breach occurred within the jurisdiction, though the contract may have been made elsewhere;
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(e) "This Code" means the Code of Civil Procedure established by this Ordinance;
(f) "The court" means the Supreme Court and includes the Chief Justice and any other judge, sitting separately, in court or in chambers;
(g) "The Hong Kong Code of Civil Procedure" means the Code of Civil Procedure established by Ordinance No. 13 of 1873, and repealed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1901 (both as numbered before *20th July, 1904); and the expression shall have the same meaning when used in any other Ordinance;
(h) "Judgment" includes decree;
(i) "Judgment creditor" means any person in whose favour a judgment or order capable of execution has been given or made, and includes any person to whom such judgment or order has been transferred;
(j) "Judgment debtor" means any person against whom a judgment or order has been given or made;
(k)
in a cause;
"Matter" includes every proceeding in the court not
* Date of coming into force of the edition of the Ordinances prepared by
Sir John Carrington.