ORDER – 1 - APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION
1. Application
2. Interpretation of terms
ORDER – 2 - PLACE OF INSTITUTING AND TRIAL OF SUITS
2. Suits for recovery of penalties and forfeitures
3. Suits upon contract
4. Other suits
5. Suits commenced in wrong Judicial Division
6. Suits against Government and its agencies
ORDER – 3 - FORM AND COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION
1. Mode of beginning civil proceedings
2. Proceedings that must be begun by writ and mode of commencement of same
3. Effect of non-compliance
4. Form of writ of summons
5. Form of writ for service out of Nigeria
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ORDER – 4 - ORIGINATING SUMMONS PROCEEDINGS
1. Power to make declarations on summons
2. Construction of enactment
3. Service
4. Evidence
5. Discretion of court
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ORDER – 5 - EFFECT OF NON-COMPLIANCE
1. Effect of non-compliance
2. Application to set aside for irregularity.
ORDER – 6 - PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE LEGITMACY LAW
1. Definition
2. Practice and rules
3. Matters to be stated
4. Petitioner resident outside the State
5. Security for costs by petitioner resident outside the State
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ORDER – 7 - SERVICE OF PROCESS
1. By whom service is to be effected
2. Service of process: how effected
3. When process need not be served
4. Special bailiff
5. Substituted service
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ORDER – 8 - SERVICE OUT OF NIGERIA AND SERVICE OF FOREIGN PROCESS
1. Cases where service of originating process, etc. are allowed out of Nigeria
2. Agreement as to service
3. Service abroad by Letter of Request
3. Agreement as to service
4. Service abroad by Letter of Request
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ORDER – 9 - APPEARANCE
1. Mode of entry of appearance
2. Defendant appearing in person or represented by Legal Practitioner
3. Defendants appearing through same Legal Practitioner
4. late appearance
5. Intervener in probate matters
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ORDER – 10 - DEFAULT OF APPEARANCE
1. Default of appearance by person under legal disability
2. Default of appearance generally
3. Liquidated demand
4. Liquidated demand: several defendants
5. Judgment in default of appearance
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ORDER – 11 - SUMMARY JUDGMENT
1. Where claimant believes there is no defence
2. Delivery of extra copies
3. Service
4. Where defendant intends to defend
5. Where defendant has good defence or has no good defence or has good defence to part of the claim
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ORDER – 12 - REFERENCE TO REFEREES
1. Instructions to referees
2. Interim inquiries or accounts
3. General powers of the referee
4. Evidence
5. Referees authority in the inquiry
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ORDER – 13 - PARTIES
1. Persons claiming jointly, severally, or in the alternative may be claimants
2. Action in the name of wrong claimant
3. All persons may be joined as defendants
4. Counter-claim: misjoinder
5. Defendant need not be interested in all the reliefs sought
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ORDER – 14 - JOINDER OF CAUSES OF ACTION
1. All causes of action may be joined
2. Counter-claim against claimant
3. Court may order separate trials, etc.
4. Recovery of land
5. Executor and Administrator
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ORDER – 15 - PLEADINGS
1. Filing of pleadings
2. Pleadings to state material facts and not evidence
3. Particulars to be given where necessary
4. Matters that must be specifically pleaded
5. Further and better statement or particulars
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ORDER – 16 - STATEMENT OF CLAIM
1. Statement of claim
2. Claim beyond endorsement
ORDER – 17 - DEFENCE AND COUNTER-CLAIM
1. Statement of defence
2. Evasive denial
3. Denials generally
4. Persons in representative capacity
5. Pleadings to damages
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ORDER – 18 - REPLY
1. Filing of reply
2. Reply to counter-claim
ORDER – 19 - ADMISSIONS
1. Notice of admission of facts
2. Notice to admit documents
3. Notice to admit facts
4. Judgment or Order upon admission of facts
5. Cost of notice where documents unnecessary
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ORDER – 20 - DEFAULT OF PLEADINGS
1. Claim for debt or liquidated demand
2. Several defendants: one-default
3. Default of defence: claim for unliquidated damages
4. Default of defence: claim in detinue
8. Default of defence: claim for possession of land
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ORDER – 21 - PAYMENT INTO AND OUT OF COURT
1. Payment into Court
2. Extent of admission of claim
3. Acceptance of sum paid
4. Non-acceptance of sum paid
5. Payment into Court with denial of liability
ORDER – 22 - PROCEEDINGS IN LIEU OF DEMURRER
1. Demurrer abolished
2. Points of law may be raised by pleading
3. Dismissal of action
4. Striking out pleading where no reasonable cause of action disclosed
5. Declaratory judgment
ORDER – 23 - WITHDRAWAL AND DISCONTINUANCE
1. Withdrawal of appearance
2. Discontinuance of action without leave
3. Discontinuance of action, etc. with leave
4. Effect of discontinuance
5. Stay of subsequent action until costs paid
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ORDER – 24 - AMENDMENT
1. Amendment of originating process and pleadings
2. Application
3. Amendment of originating process
4. Failure to amend after order
5. Filing and service of amended process
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ORDER – 25 - PRE- TRIAL CONFERENCE-AND SCHEDULING
1. Pre-trial conference notice
2. Scheduling and planning
3. Agenda
4. Timetable
5. Report .
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ORDER – 27 - ISSUES, ACCOUNTS AND INQUIRIES
1. Issues of facts
2. Summary order for account
3. Court may direct taking of accounts, etc.
4. Directions as to manner of taking account
5. Account to be made, verified, etc.
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ORDER – 28 - SPECIAL CASE
1. Special case by consent
2. Special case by order before trial
3. Special case to be signed
4. Application to set down where a person under disability is a party
5. Agreement as to payment of money and costs
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ORDER – 29 - ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
1. Judge to encourage ADR
2. Nomination of Arbitrators and appointment
3. Court may appoint Arbitrator
4. Form of order of reference
5. Umpire where necessary
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ORDER – 30 - TRIAL PROCEEDINGS IN GENERAL
1. Attendance by proxy
2. Default of appearance by defendant at trial
3. Default of appearance by claimant
4. Judgment by default may be set aside on terms
5. Judgment to be entered at or after trial
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ORDER – 31 - FILING OF WRITTEN ADDRESS
1. Application
2. Content of written address
3. Summation of address
4. Oral argument
5. Copies of written address
ORDER – 32 - PROCEDURE RELATING TO EVIDENCE
1. Facts: how proved
2. Particular facts
3. Limitation of medical and expert evidence
4. Limitation on use of documentary evidence
5. Revocation and variation
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ORDER – 33 - AFFIDAVITS
1. Evidence on motion
2. Title of affidavit
3. Use of defective affidavit
4. Special time for filing affidavit
5. Affidavit in support of ex parte application
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ORDER – 34 - INTERIM ATTACHMENT OF PROPERTY
ORDER – 35 - JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS
1. Delivery of judgment in open court
2. Notice when judgment reserved
3. When parties deemed to have had notice
4. Minute of judgment: its effect
5. Where set-off allowed
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ORDER – 36 - COMMITIAL FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT
ORDER – 37 - TRANSFERS AND CONSOLIDATION
1. Order transferring proceedings to High Court
2. Payment of filing fees
3. Duties Registrar
4. Directions
5. Party failing to attend
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ORDER – 38 - INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTIONS AND INTERIM PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY
1. Application for injunction
2. Detention, preservation, etc., of subject-matter of action
3. Power to order samples to be taken
4. Sale of perishable property, etc.
5. Order for an early trial
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ORDER – 39 - INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATIONS
1. Time to apply
2. Application by motion
3. Affidavit to support motion
4. Affidavit to be served with motion
5. Hearing of motion
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ORDER – 40 - APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW
1. Cases appropriate for application for Judicial Review
2. Joinder of claims for relief
3. Grant of leave to apply for Judicial Review
4. Delay in applying for relief
5. Mode of applying for Judicial Review
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ORDER – 41 - JURISDICTION OF CHIEF REGISTRAR
1. Chief Registrar
2. Business to be transacted by Chief Registrar
3. Chief Registrar may refer matters to the Chief Judge
4. Appeal from order of Chief Registrar
6. Legal Practitioner may represent party
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ORDER – 42 - HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS
1. Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
2. Application for leave
3. Producing person detained in Court
4. Service of order
5. Return to the order for release
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ORDER – 43 - INTERRPLEADER
1. Entitlement to relief by way of interpleader
2. Claim to goods, etc, taken in execution
3. Mode of application
4. Matters to be proved
5. When application to be made by defendant
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ORDER – 44 - COMPUTATION OF TIME
1. Computation of time
2. No enlargement of time by consent of parties
3. Court may extend time
4. Notice of intention to proceed after a years delay
5. Time for applications to set aside award
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ORDER – 45 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
1. Days of sittings
2. Public or private sittings of Court
3. Office hours
4. Days of sittings and long vacation
5. Vacation Courts
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ORDER – 46 - ARREST OF ABSCONDING DEFENDANT
1. Defendant leaving jurisdiction or removing property
2. Warrant of arrest
3. Bail for appearance or satisfaction
4. Deposit in lieu of bail
5. Defendant may be committed to custody
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ORDER – 47 - PROCEEDINGS IN FORMA PAUPERIS
1. Duration of provisions
2. Who may sue or defend in forma pauperis
3. Conditions to be fulfilled
4. Fees and costs
5. Procedure to be followed
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ORDER – 48 - CHANGE OF LEGAL PRACTITIONER
1. Legal Practitioner to conduct cause or matter to final judgment
2. Application for change of Legal Practitioner or withdrawal
3. Service of application by Legal Practitioner
ORDER – 49 - COSTS
1. Security for costs by defendant.
2. Manner of giving security
3. Costs in discretion of Court
4. Powers of Court
5. Costs out of funds or property
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ORDER – 50 - APPLICATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CHAMBERS
1. Business to be disposed of in Chambers
2. Procedure on application in Chambers
3. Effect of order in Chambers
ORDER – 51 - APPEAL FROM MAGISTRATES COURT, ETC.
1. Notice of appeal
2. Contents, etc., of notice of appeal
3. Copies of proceedings
4. Appeal to Judge of High Court
5. Respondent to be supplied with copy of proceedings
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ORDER – 52 - APPEALS TO THE HIGH COURT FROM DECISIONS OF AUDITORS
1. Application
2. Method of appeal
3. Evidence
4. Service
5. Contents of notice, date of hearing
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ORDER – 53 - STAY OF EXECUTION PENDING APPEAL TO THE COURT OF APPEAL
1. Stay of execution pending appeal
2. Court may grant or refuse order for stay
3. Compilation of record
4. Formal order to be drawn up
ORDER – 54 - PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION
1. Petition to be made to Probate Registrar
2. Preservation of property
3. Unauthorized persons intermeddling with property
4. Production of testamentary papers
5. Court may order production
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ORDER – 55 - PROBATE (NON-CONTENTIOUS) PROCEDURE
1. Production of testamentary papers
2. Court may order production
3. Examination respecting papers
4. Notice to executor to come in and prove
5. Liability of executor to come in and prove
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ORDER – 56 - FEES AND ALLOWANCES
FORMS
Paragraph (d)
Paragraph (a)
Paragraph (b)
Paragraph (c)
Paragraph (d)
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SECOND SCHEDULE
Part I – FEES PAYABLE IN HIGH COURT
