"special referee" means any person, other than a master or registrar, who is appointed by the court under these Supreme Court Civil Rules or under an enactment to conduct an assessment, inquiry or accounting (b) if the document is one referred to in Rule 4-3 (1), serve by personal service in accordance with Rule 4-3 (2) (a) serve by ordinary service in accordance with Rule 4-2 (2), or "serve", in relation to a document, means "responding pleading" means a response to civil claim, a response to counterclaim, a response to third party notice, a reply or any other document filed in response to an originating pleading
"requisition proceeding" means a proceeding started by a requisition "registry", in relation to a proceeding, means the office of the court in which the proceeding is being conducted "registrar's hearing" means an inquiry, an assessment, an accounting, a review of a bill, an examination of an agreement or an assessment of a bill of costs "registrar" includes a district registrar and a deputy district registrar "proceeding" means an action, a petition proceeding and a requisition proceeding, and includes any other suit, cause, matter, stated case under Rule 18-2 or appeal
"pleading period", in relation to an action, means the period for filing a responding pleading to the pleading that was most recently filed in the action "pleading" means a notice of civil claim, a response to civil claim, a reply, a counterclaim, a response to counterclaim, a third party notice or a response to third party notice "plaintiff" means a person who starts an action "petition proceeding" means a proceeding started by a petition "party's lawyer", in relation to a party to a proceeding, means the lawyer representing the party in that proceeding (a) in a proceeding referred to in Part 18, a person who has filed a notice of interest under that Part "party of record", in relation to a proceeding, means a person who has filed a pleading, petition or response to petition in the proceeding, and includes, "party", in relation to a proceeding, means a person named as a party in the style of proceeding "originating pleading" means a notice of civil claim, counterclaim, third party notice or any document, other than a petition, that starts a proceeding "order" includes a judgment and a decree (b) under that policy, is obligated to indemnify the party for liability imposed on the party in the action,Īnd includes a surety of a party to an action in circumstances in which a claim has been made on a surety bond related to the matters in issue in the action (a) has provided a policy of insurance to a party to an action in relation to matters or property in issue in that action, and "insurer" means an insurer, as defined in the Financial Institutions Act, that "former Supreme Court Rules" means the Supreme Court Rules, B.C. "fast track action" means an action that is, under Rule 15-1 (1), an action to which Rule 15-1 applies "family law case" has the same meaning as in the Supreme Court Family Rules "document" has an extended meaning and includes a photograph, video, recording of sound, any record of a permanent or semi-permanent character and any information recorded or stored by means of any device "court" means the Supreme Court of British Columbia and, if a master has jurisdiction, includes a master of the Supreme Court "Chief Justice" means the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia "case plan order" means an order referred to in Rule 5-3 (3) "address for service", in relation to a party to a proceeding, means an address that is, under Rule 4-1, the party's address for service in the proceeding "action" means a proceeding started by a notice of civil claim "accessible address" means an address that describes a unique and identifiable location in British Columbia that is accessible to the public during normal business hours for the delivery of documents (1) In these Supreme Court Civil Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:
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