ORDER – 1:
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
ORDER – 2: OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE
Paragraph (a)
Paragraph (b)
Paragraph (c)
Paragraph (a)
Paragraph (b)
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ORDER – 4: PLACE OF INSTITUTING AND TRIAL OF SUITS
1. Place of Trial
2. Place of Trial for Several Defendants
3. Commencement of action in wrong division
ORDER – 5: FORM AND COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION.
1. Proceedings to be commenced by Writ
2. Form of Writ.
3. Forms of Writ for service out of Nigeria
4. Proceedings to be commenced by Originating Summons.
5. Form of Originating Summons.
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ORDER – 6: INDORSEMENT OF CLAIM AND OF ADDRESS.
1. Indorsement.
2. lndorsement to show representative capacity.
3. Probate Actions.
4. Indorsement where the claim is liquidated.
5. Ordinary account.
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ORDER – 7: EFFECT OF NON - COMPLIANCE.
1. Non-Compliance with Rules.
2. Application to set aside for irregularity.
ORDER – 8: ISSUE OF ORIGINATING PROCESS
1. Preparing Originating Processes.
2. Sealing of Originating Process.
3. Steps to be taken after sealing.
4. Copies to be served.
5. Originating Process with Affidavit for Probate Actions.
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ORDER – 9: SERVICE OF ORIGINATING PROCESS.
1. Person to Effect Service
2. Service of Originating Process, etc. how effected.
3. When Originating Process need not be served personally
4. Mode of Service When not Personal.
5. Substituted Service.
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ORDER – 10: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.
4. Where leave is granted or not required.
5. Service of Foreign Processes.
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ORDER – 11: APPEARANCE.
1. Mode of entry of Appearance.
2. Defendant appearing in person or represented by Legal Practitioner.
3. Fictitious address.
4. Defendants appearing through same Legal Practitioner.
5. Late Appearance.
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ORDER – 12: DEFAULT OF APPEARANCE.
1. Default of appearance generally.
2. Default of appearance by person under legal disability.
3. Liquidated demand.
4. Judgment in default of appearance.
5. Detention of goods, damages and liquidated demand.
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ORDER – 13: SUMMARY JUDGMENT.
1. Where Claimant believes there is no defence.
2. Delivery of extra Copies.
3. Service.
4. Where Defendant intends to defend.
5. Leave to Defend.
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ORDER – 14: APPLICATION FOR ACCOUNT.
1. Application how Made.
2. Order for account.
3. Account may be taken by a Judge or Referee.
15 – PARTIES.
1. Persons claiming jointly or severally.
2. Action in name of wrong Claimant.
3. Misjoinder and Counter-Claim.
4. Any person may be joined as Defendant.
5. Action in name of wrong Defendant
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ORDER – 16: JOINDER OF CAUSES OF ACTION.
1. All Causes of Action May be Joined.
2. Recovery of Land.
3. Executor and Administrator.
4. Claims by Joint Claimants.
ORDER – 17: PLEADINGS.
1. Filing of Pleadings.
2. Pleading to State Material Facts and not Evidence.
3. Particulars to be given where Necessary.
4. Further and better Statement or Particulars.
5. Denial.
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ORDER – 18: STATEMENT OF CLAIM.
1. Statement of Claim.
2. Claim beyond Indorsement.
ORDER – 19: DEFENCE AND COUNTER-CLAIM.
1. Statement of Defence.
2. Evasive Denial.
3. Denials Generally.
4. Persons in Representative capacity.
5. Pleading to Damages.
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ORDER – 20: REPLY.
1. Filing of Reply.
2. Reply to Counter-Claim.
ORDER – 21: ADMISSIONS.
1. Notice of Admission.
2. Notice to Admit Document.
3. Notice to admit facts.
4. Judgment or Order upon admission of facts.
5. Cost of notice where documents unnecessary.
ORDER – 22: DEFAULT OF PLEADING.
1. Claim for debt or liquidated demand.
2. Default by one of Several Defendants
3. Damages and detention of Goods.
4. Default of one or more Defendants.
5. Debt or damages and detention of Goods or damages.
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ORDER – 23: PAYMENT INTO AND OUT OF COURT.
1. Payment into and out of Court.
2. Claimant may take out Money.
3. Money remaining in Court.
4. Several Defendants.
5. Counter-Claims
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ORDER – 24: PROCEEDINGS IN LIEU OF DEMURRER.
1. Demurrer Abolished.
2. Points of law may be raised by pleading.
ORDER – 25: WITHDRAWAL OR DISCONTINUANCE.
1. Claimant may withdraw or discontinue before Defence.
2. Claimant May Withdraw or Discontinue after Defence.
3. Withdrawal by consent.
4. Claimant may withdraw at trial.
ORDER – 26: 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 – 27: CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND SCHEDULING.
1. Case Management Conference Notice
2. Agenda
3. Time - Table.
4. Report.
5. Sanctions.
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ORDER – 28: ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) PROCEEDINGS
1. Application
2. All applications to be taken by the ADR Judge.
3. Mode of ADR Application.
4. Enforcement of Award
5. Report by ADR Judge
ORDER – 29: DISCOVERY AND INSPECTION.
1. Discovery by interrogatories.
2. Corporation or companies.
3. Objection to interrogatories.
4. Answer by Affidavit
5. Order to answer or answer further.
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ORDER – 30: ISSUES, INQUIRIES, ACCOUNTS AND REFERENCES TO REFEREES.
1. Issues of facts.
2. Reference to Referee.
3. Instructions to Referee.
4. General Powers of Referee.
5. Evidence.
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ORDER – 31: 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. Agreements for payment of Money and Costs.
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ORDER – 32: CAUSE LISTS.
1. List of causes for hearing.
2. Case Management and Weekly Cause List.
3. Public holiday.
4. Judge unable to sit.
5. Notice Boards.
ORDER – 33: PROCEEDINGS AT TRIAL.
1. Order of Proceedings
2. Non-appearance of both parties.
3. Default of appearance by Defendant.
4. Default of appearance by Claimant.
5. Judgment by default may be set aside on terms.
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ORDER – 34: DILIGENT PROSECUTION
1. Party to ensure Diligent Prosecution
2. Indolent Prosecution
3. Expediting Proceedings in case of undue delay.
ORDER – 35: FILING OF WRITTEN ADDRESSES.
1. Application.
2. Content of a written address.
3. Summation of address.
4. Oral Argument.
5. Copies of Written Address
ORDER – 36: EVIDENCE GENERALLY.
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 – 37: AFFIDAVITS.
1. Evidence on Motions, etc.
2. Title of affidavit.
3. Use of defective affidavit.
4. Special time for filing affidavits.
5. No Retroactive Affidavit.
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ORDER – 38: NON-SUIT.
1. Power of Court to non-suit.
2. Non-suit where no leave reserved.
ORDER – 39: JUDGMENT, ENTRY OF JUDGMENT
1. Delivery of judgment at or after trial.
2. Date judgment pronounced in Court.
3. Date of judgment directed to be entered.
4. Judge may direct time for payment or performance and interest.
5. Time to be stated for doing any act Memorandum to be indorsed.
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ORDER – 40: DRAWING UP OF ORDERS.
1. Date of Order, when drawn.
2. Orders that need not be drawn up.
3. Form of Order.
ORDER – 41: TRANSFERS AND CONSOLIDATION.
1. Order transferring proceedings to High Court.
2. Payment of filing fees.
3. Duties of Registrar.
4. Directions.
5. Party failing to attend.
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ORDER – 42: INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS, ETC.
1. Preservation or interim custody of subject matter of disputed contract.
2. Early trial of Cause.
3. Order for sale of perishable goods, etc.
4. Detention, preservation or inspection of property, the subject of an action; Inspection by Judge.
5. Sale of property in possession of Court.
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ORDER – 43: MOTIONS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS.
1. Application by motion.
2. Restriction on rule nisi
3. When notice of motion should be given.
4. Special leave.
5. Motions may be struck out or adjourned where necessary notice not given..
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ORDER – 44: APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW.
1. Cases appropriate for judicial review.
2. Joinder of claims for relief.
3. Grant of leave to apply for judicial review.
4. Time within which to bring application.
5. Mode of application.
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ORDER – 45: JURISDICTION OF CHIEF REGISTRAR.
1. Chief Registrar
2. Business to be transacted by Chief Registrar.
3. Chief Registrar may refer matter to the Chief Judge
4. Appeal from order of Chief Registrar.
5. Chief Registrar's List.
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ORDER – 46: HABEAS CORPUS, ATTACHMENT FOR CONTEMPT.
1. Application: How made.
2. Power to issue order of release immediately
3. Service of Notice
4. Copies of Affidavit.
5. Service of Order to Release
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ORDER – 47: INTERPLEADER
1. When relief by Interpleader is granted.
2. Interpleader summons
3. Adverse titles of Claimants.
4. When application to be made by a Defendant.
5. Stay of Action.
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ORDER – 48: COMPUTATION OF TIME.
1. Rules for computation of time.
2. Holiday.
3. Time of Service.
4. Court may extend time.
ORDER – 49: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
1. Days of sittings.
2. Public or Private sittings of the Court.
3. Office hours.
4. Day of sittings and long vacation.
5. Vacation.
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ORDER – 50: ARREST OF ABSCONDING DEFENDANT.
1. Application.
2. Defendant leaving Nigeria.
3. Warrant to arrest.
4. Bail for appearance or satisfaction.
5. Deposit in lieu of bail.
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ORDER – 51: PROCEEDINGS IN FORMA PAUPERIS.
1. Application.
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 – 52: CHANGE OF LEGAL PRACTITIONER.
1. Legal Practitioner to conduct cause or matter to final JudgmenL
2. Application for change of Legal Practitioner or withdrawal of services.
3. Service of application by Legal Practitioner.
ORDER – 53: COSTS.
1. Principle to be observed in fixing costs.
2. Rejection of offer of settlement: costs.
3. Security for costs.
4. Security for costs by Claimant temporarily within jurisdiction.
5. Action founded on judgment or bill of exchange.
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ORDER – 54: BUSINESS IN CHAMBERS.
1. Representation in Chambers.
2. Matter to be disposed of in Chambers.
3. Evidence upon application for appointment of Guardians and maintenance.
4. Guardian with reference to proceedings in Chambers.
5. Further consideration of matter originating in Chambers.
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ORDER – 55: FORECLOSURE AND REDEMPTION.
1. Originating Summons for foreclosure and redemption.
2. Civil Forms for foreclosure and redemption.
3. Service and execution of Judgment.
ORDER – 56: SUMMONS TO PROCEED WITH ACCOUNT AND INQUIRIES AFTER JUDGMENT.
1. Bringing in Judgment etc. directing accounts and inquiries.
2. Summons to proceed with accounts and inquiries: Directions.
3. Settling Deed where parties differ.
4. Where service of notice of Judgment or Order may be dispensed with.
5. Non-service of notice of Judgment or Order: Stoppage of Proceedings.
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ORDER – 57: SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS FOR POSSESSION OF LANDED PROPERTY OCCUPIED BY SQUATTERS OR WITHOUT THE OWNER'S CONSENT.
1. Application of this Order.
2. Proceedings to be brought by Originating Summons.
3. Affidavit.
4. Service of Originating Summons.
5. Application by occupier to be made a Party.
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ORDER – 58: STAY OF EXECUTION OR PROCEEDINGS PENDING APPEAL.
1. Stay pending Appeal.
2. Compilation of Record.
3. Court may grant or refuse Order for Stay.
4. Formal Order to be drawn up.
ORDER – 59: FAST TRACK PROCEDURE
1. Objective.
2. Cases qualified for Fast Track.
3. Marking and payment of Filing Fees.
4. Service of Originating Process.
5. Filing of Defence and Reply.
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ORDER – 60: PROCEEDINGS IN REVENUE MATIERS
1. Application
2. Revenue Court.
3. Commencement by Form 40
4. Further information
5. Payment into Court
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ORDER – 61: PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION.
1. Petitions to be made to the Probate Registrar.
2. Preservation of Property.
3. Personal application.
4. Application for grants through Legal Practitioners.
5. Further enquiries by Judge.
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ORDER – 62: GRANT OF PROBATE OR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION WITH WILL.
1. Deposit of Will.
2. Custody of Wills.
3. Will to be given out with Order of Judge.
4. Examination of Will as to due execution.
5. Evidence as to due execution of Will.
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ORDER – 63: GRANTING LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT WILL.
1. Letters of Administration.
2. Declaration of value of personal property.
3. Administration Bond.
4. Guarantee.
5. Assignment of Bond.
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ORDER – 64: PROCEEDINGS IN PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS.
1. Form of suits.
2. Capacity of Claim
3. Service outside Nigeria
4. Defences to be pleaded with particulars
5. Dispute of Defendant's interest
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ORDER – 65: COMMENCEMENT
