The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

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74.2(1) In this Section—

(a)“Contracting State” has the meaning given in section 1(3) of the 1982 Act;

(b)“Regulation State” has the same meaning as “Member State” in the Judgments Regulation, that is all Member States except Denmark;

(c)“judgment” means, subject to any other enactment, any judgment given by a foreign court or tribunal, whatever the judgment may be called, and includes—

(i)a decree;

(ii)an order;

(iii)a decision;

(iv)a writ of execution; and

(v)the determination of costs by an officer of the court;

(d)“State of origin”, in relation to any judgment, means the State in which that judgment was given.

(2) For the purposes of this Section, “domicile” is to be determined—

(a)in an application under the 1982 Act, in accordance with sections 41 to 46 that Act;

(b)in an application under the Judgments Regulation, in accordance with paragraphs 9 to 12 of Schedule 1 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Order 2001(1).]

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