Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"additional Judge" means a Judge appointed under subsection ( 2) of section 7;
"cause" includes any suit, and also includes criminal proceedings;
"Chief Justice" means the Chief Justice of the Court, and includes a Judge for the time being performing the duties and exercising the powers of the Chief Justice;
"defendant" includes any person against whom any relief is sought in a matter or who is required to attend the proceedings in a matter as a party thereto;
"Deputy Registrar" means a Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court;
"Deputy Sheriff" means a Deputy Sheriff of the Territory;
"enactment" has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Australian Capital Territory (Self - Government) Act 1988 ;
"Judge" or Judge of the Supreme Court means a Judge (including the Chief Justice) appointed under subsection ( 1) of section 7 or an additional Judge and, in the expressions ' the Supreme Court or the Judge ' , ' the Court or the Judge ' and ' the Court or Judge ' , means a Judge so appointed, or an additional Judge, sitting in Chambers;
"judgment" includes any decree, order or sentence;
"Master" means the Master of the Supreme Court;
"matter" includes any proceeding in the Supreme Court, whether between parties or not, and also any incidental proceeding in a cause or matter;
"Ordinance" means an Ordinance made by the Governor - General in pursuance of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 - 1933 ;
"plaintiff" includes any person seeking any relief against any other person by any form of proceeding in a Court;
"suit" includes any action or original proceeding between parties of a civil nature;
"the Court" means the Supreme Court;
"the Judicature Act" means the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vic., Cap. 66) of the United Kingdom;
"the Registrar" means the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and includes a Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court;
"the Sheriff" means the Sheriff of the Territory;
"the Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory;
"the Territory" or the Australian Capital Territory means the Territory accepted by the Commonwealth in pursuance of the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 , and described in the Second Schedule to that Act, and includes the Jervis Bay Territory.