High Court Ordinance

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise
requires—
action
(
訴訟
) means a civil proceeding commenced by writ
            of summons or in such other manner as may be prescribed by any law;
appeal
(
上訴
) in the context of appeals to the Court
                of Appeal in its civil jurisdiction
includes—
(a)
an application for a new trial; and
(b)
an application to set aside a verdict, finding or judgment in any cause or
                    matter in the Court of First Instance which has been tried, or in which any
                    issue has been tried, by a jury;
(Added
52 of 1987 s. 2
. Amended
25 of 1998 s. 2
)
cause
(
訟案
) means any action or any criminal
                proceeding;
(Replaced
52 of 1987 s. 2
)
Court
                of First
            Instance
(
原訟法庭
) means the Court of First Instance of the
            High Court;
(Added
25 of 1998 s. 2
)
defendant
(
被告人
) includes any person served with any writ of
            summons or process, or served with notice of, or entitled to attend, any
            proceedings;
deputy judge
(
暫委法官
)
            means a deputy judge of the Court of First Instance appointed under
section
                10(1)
;
(Added
49 of 1983 s. 2
. Amended
25 of 1998 s. 2
)
detention
(
羈留
) includes every form of restraint of liberty
            of the person;
(Added
95 of 1997 s. 2
)
Government
                stock
(
政府證券
) means any stock issued by the Government
            or any funds of or annuity granted by the Government;
(Added
52 of 1987 s. 2
)
judgment
(
判決
) includes decree;
Justice
                of
            Appeal
(
上訴法庭法官
) includes a judge of the Court of First
            Instance
            acting
            as an additional judge of the Court of Appeal under
section 5(2)
;
(Added
52 of 1987 s. 2
. Amended
25 of 1998 s. 2
;
21 of 2020 s. 3
)
land
(
土地
)
includes—
(a)
land covered by water;
(b)
any estate, right, interest or easement in or over any land; and
(c)
things attached to land or permanently fastened to anything attached to
                        land;
(Replaced
52 of 1987 s. 2
)
Master
(
聆案官
) has the meaning given to it by
sections 37
,
37AC
,
37A
and
37B
;
(Added
52 of 1987 s. 2
. Amended
1 of 1997 s. 3
;
10 of 2005 s. 164
)
matter
(
事宜
) includes every proceeding not in a
            cause;
party
(
一方
、方) includes every person served with notice
            of or attending any proceeding, although not named on the record;
plaintiff
(
原告人
) includes every person asking any relief
            (otherwise than by way of counter-claim as a defendant) against any other person by any
            form of proceeding, whether the proceeding is by action, suit, petition, motion, summons
            or otherwise;
prescribed
(
訂明
) means prescribed by rules of court;
recorder
(
特委法官
) means a recorder of the Court of First
            Instance appointed under
section 6A
;
(Added
80 of 1994 s. 2
. Amended
25 of 1998 s. 2
)
Registrar
(
司法常務官
) means the Registrar of the High
                Court;
(Amended
25 of 1998 s. 2
)
Registry
(
登記處
) means any Registry of the High
                Court;
(Amended
25 of 1998 s. 2
)
writ
                of habeas
            corpus
(
人身保護令狀
) means a writ of habeas corpus ad
                subjiciendum.
(Added
95 of 1997 s. 2
)
(Amended
49 of 1983 s. 2
;
95 of 1997 s. 2
;
25 of 1998 s. 2
; Amended
E.R. 1 of 2017
)