Nova Scotia Annotated Civil Procedure Rules

Index

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September 2008

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  • Oath or affirmation
    • By jurors in jury trial 52.04,  52.06
    • By sheriff as jury manager in jury trial 52.15(2)
    • By translator or signer for witness in court proceeding 48.03
    • By witness for giving commission evidence 56.04,  56.05,  56.06
    • For affidavit generally 39.02,  39.08,  39.09,  39.10
    • For disclosure affidavits 15.03(2),  16.09(2)
    • For discovery 18.16(4)
    • For proof of service of notice of proceeding 31.05
    • Personal signature requirements for document sworn or affirmed 95.02
  • Offer to settle
    • SEE: Settlement; Settlement conference
  • Oral discovery
    • SEE: Discovery
  • Oral evidence
    • SEE: Evidence
  • Order
    • Amendment to final order of Court of Appeal [Civil Appeal]
    • Amendment to order (SEE ALSO: Amendment) 78.08,  82.22,  83.07(2)
    • Approving and issuing written order 78.06
    • Consent order by Motion by correspondence 27.01(1)
    • Consent to draft order, presumption when failure to respond 78.04(3)
    • Correction to final order of Court of Appeal [Civil Appeal] 90.50
    • Correction to order 78.08,  82.22,  83.07
    • Deadline for delivering consent or objection to draft order 78.04(3)
    • Deadline for delivering draft order or objection to judge 78.04(3)
    • Deadline for submitting draft order to parties 78.04(3)
    • Deemed consent to draft order when failure to respond 78.04(3)
    • Definition of "decision" of decision-making authority 7.01
    • Definition of "judgment" 79.01
    • Definition of "order" 78.01
    • Directions certified by court reporter, enforcement as order 78.03(4)
    • Divorce Order 62.23,  F.62.23
    • Divorce Order, registration 62.26
    • Draft order procedures 78.04
    • Effective date of order 78.07
    • Enforcement of directions and rulings made in conference 26.05(3)
    • Enforcement of foreign order registered in Nova Scotia 81
    • Enforcement order, SEE: Enforcement order; Execution order
    • Enforcing a support order 59.58
    • Execution order to enforce a judgment, SEE: Execution order
    • Expiry dates for an interim order granted when adjournment is made 60A.10(6)
    • Extensions of time 78.08,  82.22
    • Finalizing operative terms of order 78.04
    • Final order of Court of Appeal 90.38(2),  90.38(10),  90.48,  90.50
    • Final order of Court of Appeal registered in court appealed from [Civil Appeal] 90.53
    • Final order of court or tribunal for review on appeal [Civil Appeal] 90.11(2),  90.15,  90.26(2),  90.30(2),  90.31
    • Final order of Supreme Court of Canada registered in court appealed from [Civil Appeal] 90.53
    • For corollary relief under Divorce Act 50.06(3),  59.06(2),  62.24,  F.62.24
    • Foreign order registered in Nova Scotia 81
    • Form 56.04, Order for Commission [commission evidence] 56.04,  F.56.04
    • Form 59.13, Response to Variation Application 59.13,  F.59.13
    • Form 59.26A, Order to Appear and Disclose 59.26,  F.59.26A
    • Form 59.26B, Order to Disclose 59.26(6),  F.59.26B
    • Form 59.27, Order for Disclosure by a Non-party 59.27(7),  F.59.27
    • Form 60A.03, Notice of Child Protection Application 60A.03,  F.60A.03
    • Form 60A.12, Order for Stay During Mediation 60A.12,  F.60A.12
    • Form 60A.19, Order of Dismissal 60A.19,  F.60A.19
    • Form 60A.20, Supervision Order F.60A.20
    • Form 60A.21, Order for Temporary Care and Custody 60A.21,  F.60A.21
    • Form 60A.22, Order for Permanent Care and Custody 60A.22,  F.60A.22
    • Form 60A.28, Order to Locate and Detain a Child 60A.28,  F.60A.28
    • Form 60A.32, Application for Removal from Child Abuse Register 60A.32,  F.60A.32
    • Form 60A.39, Notice of Adult Protection Application 60A.39,  F.60A.39
    • Form 61.07, Adoption Order 61.07,  F.61.07
    • Form 62.24, Corollary relief order 62.24,  F.62.24
    • Form 78.05, Order 78.05,  F.78.05
    • Form 78.05, Order [After Hearing of Application] 78,  78.05,  F.78.05
    • Form 78.05, Order [After Trial With a Jury] 52.20(4),  78.05,  F.78.05
    • Form 78.05, Order [After Trial Without a Jury] 78,  78.05,  F.78.05
    • Form 78.05, Order [for Interlocutory Injunction] 41.06,  78.05,  F.78.05
    • Form 78.05, Order [for Production] 14.12,  78.05,  F.78.05
    • Form 78.05, Order [for Summary Judgment] 13.06,  78.05,  F.78.05
    • Form 79.17A, Execution Order 79.17,  F.79.17A
    • Form 79.17A, Execution Order Superceding Order Dated [date] 79.21,  F.79.17A
    • Form 79.19, Periodic Execution Order 79.19,  F.79.19
    • Form of written order 78.05
    • Interim order for child support 59.33
    • Issuing of order by signing, sealing and filing 82.21
    • Joint rulings in joint hearing with foreign court, SEE: Outside Nova Scotia
    • Judge reviewing order before expiration 60A.24(5)
    • Judicial discretion to grant order or other relief 94.06
    • Motion for judge to review under s.46, Children and Family Services Act 60A.24(1)
    • Notice of Adult Protection Application, description and grounds of order 60A.39(4),  F.60A.39
    • Notice of Child Protection Application 60A.03(1)
    • Notice of Hearing Concerning Provisional Order 62.27,  F.62.27
    • Oral order, prothonotary’s power to confirm 82.20(2)
    • Oral order, recorded or replaced by written order 29.01(3),  78.03
    • Order for habeas corpus 7.13
    • Order for judgment after jury trial 52.18(4),  52.19(2),  52.20(4)
    • Order of judge, written or oral 29.01(3),  78.02,  78.03,  90.26(2)
    • Order or decision appealed from, for use at appeal [Civil Appeal] 90.11(2),  90.15,  90.26(2),  90.30(2),  90.31
    • Order or decision appealed from, for use at appeal [Criminal Appeal] 91.15(2),  91.24(3)
    • Order setting aside or dismissing decision under review [Judicial Review] 7.11
    • Order to Appear and Disclose regarding a claim for support 59.26,  F.59.26A
    • Order to Disclose regarding a claim for support 59.26,  F.59.26B
    • Production of record and order of decision-making authority for Judicial Review 7.05(4),  7.09,  7.10
    • Protection order granted under s.40, Children and Family Services Act 60A.15(3)
    • Reciprocal enforcement of foreign order in Nova Scotia 81
    • Reversal by Court of Appeal [Civil Appeal] 90.50(5),  90.53
    • Setting aside by Court of Appeal [Civil Appeal] 90.48,  90.53
    • Setting aside by Court of Appeal [Criminal Appeal] 91.03
    • Settlement agreement, order prepared by presiding judge 78.04(4)
    • Settling terms of final order 78.04
    • Slip rule, for correcting errors in final order 78.08,  82.22,  83.07
    • Variation of final order 78.08,  82.22,  83.07
    • Witness to be discovered only under an order for discovery after interim hearing 60A.11(1)
  • Order for Permanent Care and Custody
    • Affidavit filed in support of 60A.22(1),  F.60A.22
    • Child be put in permanent care and custody of agency 60A.22(1),  F.60A.22
    • Deadline for application to terminate 60A.25(6)
    • Form 60A.22, Order for Permanent Care and Custody F.60A.22
    • Judge's finding that the child was in need of protective services 60A.22(1),  F.60A.22
    • Notice of application to extend 60A.27
    • Notice of application to terminate 60A.25(1),  60A.25(3)
    • Notice of application to terminate, contents 60A.25(2),  60A.25(5)
    • Notice of application to vary or terminate access 60A.26(1)
    • Notice of application to vary or terminate access, hearing deadline 60A.26(4)
    • Party wishing to vary or terminate access under 60A.26(1)
    • Record of judge's consideration of alternate placement of child 60A.22(1),  F.60A.22
    • Record of judge's findings that circumstances regarding permanent care and custody are unlikely to change 60A.22(1),  F.60A.22
    • Record of judge's findings that less intrusive alternatives failed or were refused 60A.22(1),  F.60A.22
    • Separate order for each child 60A.23
  • Order for Protective Intervention
  • Order for Temporary Care and Custody
  • Order of Dismissal
    • SEE: Dismissal Order
  • Order to Locate and Detain a Child
  • Originating documents
  • Originating notice
    • SEE: Action - Notice of action
  • Outside Nova Scotia
    • Attachment order against non-resident, to preserve assets to satisfy a judgment 44.02
    • Class proceedings in another jurisdiction, SEE: Class proceeding
    • Conduct of joint hearing by teleconference 86.06
    • Convention on Service Abroad of Judicial or Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (1965) 31.09
    • Evidence Act, s. 70, re subpoena to compel Nova Scotia resident to give commission evidence for court outside Nova Scotia 50.03(2),  56.08
    • Form 56.08, Letter of Request [for taking commission evidence outside Nova Scotia] 56.08,  F.56.08
    • Form 81.03, Notice of Ex Parte Registration [of foreign judgment] 81.03,  F.81.03
    • Injunction in aid of another court 75.06
    • Interprovincial Subpoena Act 50.02(4),  50.08
    • Joint communications or hearings 86.02,  86.03
    • Joint conference (SEE ALSO: Conference) 86.04
    • Joint hearing 86.05,  86.06
    • Lifting stay of proceeding where related to proceeding outside Nova Scotia 86.10
    • Multi-jurisdictional hearing 86.05,  86.06
    • Notice of commencement of proceeding 31.03,  31.04,  31.09
    • Notice of constitutional question re legislation of other jurisdiction 31.19
    • Order for service, requirement where Convention in place 31.09
    • Order for service, requirement where Convention not signed 31.09
    • Proof of law of a foreign state 54.04,  86.08(2)
    • Proof of law of another province 54.03,  86.08(2)
    • Receivership jointly with another court 73.12,  73.13,  73.14
    • Reciprocal arrangements for taking commission evidence inside and outside Nova Scotia 50.03(1),  56.08,  56.09
    • Reciprocal enforcement of judgments, SEE: Reciprocal enforcement
    • Residence of party as ground for ordering security for costs 45.02
    • Subpoena to non-resident witness 50.02(4)
    • Subpoena to Nova Scotia resident to give commission evidence for court outside Nova Scotia 50.03(2),  56.08
    • Taking commission evidence from non-resident witness 56.03,  56.05,  56.06,  56.07,  56.08,  56.09
    • Teleconference for joint hearing or conference 86.04,  86.05
    • Temporary standing for joint hearing 86.09
    • Translation and interpretation for joint hearing 86.07
    • Variation or withdrawal of directions or approvals in joint hearing 86.11