CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES民事诉讼规则.doc

CIVIL PROCEDURE RULESRules 0f Court made under the Civil Procedure Law, Cap. 7, the Mandamus Law, Cap.23, the Dealings Between Merchants and Farmers law, Cap. 196, the Civil Wrongs Law, Cap. 9, the Cyprus Courts of Justice Orders and Laws 1927 to (No. 2) 1935, and Sections 37 and 40 of the Courts of Justice (Supplementary Provisions) Law, Cap. 12. ORDER 1 :?PRELIMINARY AND INTERPRETATION 1.?These Rules of Court may be cited as the Civil Procedure Rules.2.?In these Rules, unless repugnant to the context-action? means a civil proceeding commenced by writ or in such other manner as may be prescribed by any law or Rules of court;cause? includes any action or other original proceeding between a plaintiff and defendant;the Court? means the court having jurisdiction or power under the law for the, time being in force, and includes a judge having such jurisdiction or power;days? does not mean clear days unless expressly stated to be such;defendant? includes any person served with any writ of summons or process, or served with notice of, or entitled to attend any proceedings;Judge? includes a Judge of the Supreme Court, a President of a District Court, a District Judge, and a Magistrate, according to the context in which it occurs and in so far as he has jurisdiction or power under the law for the time being in force;matter? includes every proceeding in court not in a cause;office copy? means a sealed copy or translation of any document lodged, filed or kept in, or issued out of a court registry, certified to be a true copy or translation by the registrar of that registry;originating summons? means any summons other than a, summons in a pending cause or matter;personal representative? means the executor or administrator of the deceaseds estate or, if there is none, his heirs as representing the estate;plaintiff? includes every person asking any relief (other than a defendant asking relief by way of counter-claim) against any other person by any form of proceeding, whether th