Federal Courts Rules

Marginal note:Definitions

2 The following definitions apply in these Rules.

Act

Loi

Act means the Federal Courts Act. (Loi)

action

action

action means a proceeding referred to in rule 169. (action)

address for service

adresse aux fins de signification

address for service means

• (a) in respect of a party who has no solicitor of record,

  • (i) the address shown on the last document filed by the party that indicates an address in Canada, or

  • (ii) where the party is the Crown or the Attorney General of Canada, the office of the Deputy Attorney General of Canada in Ottawa; and

• (b) in respect of a party who has a solicitor of record, the address of the solicitor of record shown on the last filed document that indicates an address. (adresse aux fins de signification)

Administrator

administrateur

Administrator means the Chief Administrator appointed under section 5 of the Courts Administration Service Act, or a person acting on his or her behalf. (administrateur)

Admiralty action

action en matière d’amirauté

Admiralty action means an action in which the Court exercises jurisdiction under section 22 of the Act. (action en matière d’amirauté)

appeal

appel

appeal means a proceeding referred to in rule 335. (appel)

applicant

demandeur

applicant

• (a) except in the case of an application that has been certified as a class proceeding, includes a person on whose behalf an application is commenced; and

• (b) in the case of an application that has been certified as a class proceeding, means

  • (i) in respect of the common questions of law or fact, the representative applicant, and

  • (ii) in respect of individual questions, the member to whom those questions apply. (demandeur)

application

demande

application means a proceeding referred to in rule 300. (demande)

assessment officer

officier taxateur

assessment officer means an officer of the Registry designated by an order of the Court, a judge or a prothonotary, and includes, in respect of a reference, the referee presiding in the reference. (officier taxateur)

business day

jour ouvrable

business day means a day that is not a holiday. (jour ouvrable)

case management judge

juge responsable de la gestion de l’instance

case management judge means a judge assigned under paragraph 383(a) or rule 383.1 and includes a prothonotary assigned under paragraph 383(b). (juge responsable de la gestion de l’instance)

certified copy

copie certifiée conforme

certified copy, in respect of a document in the custody of the Registry, means a copy of the document certified by an officer of the Registry. (copie certifiée conforme)

Christmas recess

vacances judiciaires de Noël

Christmas recess means the period beginning on December 21 in a year and ending on January 7 in the following year. (vacances judiciaires de Noël)

Court

Cour

Court means, as the circumstances require,

• (a) the Federal Court of Appeal, including, in respect of a motion, a single judge of that court; or

• (b) the Federal Court, including a prothonotary acting within the jurisdiction conferred under these Rules. (Cour)

Court file

dossier de la Cour

Court file means the file maintained pursuant to rule 23 or 24. (dossier de la Cour)

dispute resolution conference

conférence de règlement des litiges

dispute resolution conference means a conference ordered under rule 386. (conférence de règlement des litiges)

filed

déposé

filed, in respect of a document, means accepted for filing under rule 72. (déposé)

garnishee

tiers saisi

garnishee means a person in respect of whom an order attaching a debt to a judgment debtor has been made under rule 449. (tiers saisi)

Hague Convention

Convention de La Haye

Hague Convention means the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters signed at The Hague on November 15, 1965. (Convention de La Haye)

hearing

audience

hearing includes a conference held under these Rules. (audience)

holiday

jour férié

holiday means a Saturday, Sunday or any other day defined as a holiday in subsection 35(1) of the Interpretation Act. (jour férié)

intervener

intervenant

intervener means a person who has been granted status as an intervener under rule 109. (intervenant)

issued

délivré

issued means

• (a) in respect of an originating document, dated, signed, sealed with the seal of the Court and assigned a Court file number by the Administrator; and

• (b) in respect of any other document, dated, signed and sealed with the seal of the Court by the Administrator. (délivré)

local office

bureau local

local office means an office of the Registry of the Court established by the Administrator other than the principal office. (bureau local)

motion

requête

motion means a request to the Court under, or to enforce, these Rules. (requête)

oath

serment

oath includes a solemn affirmation within the meaning of subsection 14(1) of the Canada Evidence Act. (serment)

order

ordonnance

order includes

• (a) a judgment;

• (b) a decision or other disposition of a tribunal; and

• (c) a determination of a reference under section 18.3 of the Act. (ordonnance)

originating document

acte introductif d’instance

originating document means a document referred to in rule 63. (acte introductif d’instance)

party

parties

party means

• (a) in respect of an action, a plaintiff, defendant or third party;

• (b) in respect of an application,

  • (i) where a tribunal brings a reference under section 18.3 of the Act, a person who becomes a party in accordance with rule 323,

  • (ii) where the Attorney General of Canada brings a reference under section 18.3 of the Act, the Attorney General of Canada and any other person who becomes a party in accordance with rule 323, and

  • (iii) in any other case, an applicant or respondent;

• (c) in respect of an appeal, an appellant or respondent; and

• (d) in respect of a motion, the person bringing the motion or a respondent thereto. (parties)

person

personne

person includes a tribunal, an unincorporated association and a partnership. (personne)

plaintiff

demandeur

plaintiff

• (a) except in the case of an action that has been certified as a class proceeding, includes a person on whose behalf an action is commenced; and

• (b) in the case of an action that has been certified as a class proceeding, means

  • (i) in respect of the common questions of law or fact, the representative plaintiff, and

  • (ii) in respect of individual questions, the member to whom those questions apply. (demandeur)

pleading

acte de procédure

pleading means a document in a proceeding in which a claim is initiated, defined, defended or answered. (acte de procédure)

principal office

bureau principal

principal office means the head office of the Registry of the Court established by the Administrator. (bureau principal)

referee

arbitre

referee means a person to whom a matter has been referred under rule 153. (arbitre)

Registry

Registry[Repealed, SOR/2004-283, s. 3]

sheriff

shérif

sheriff includes a marshal, peace officer or other person to whom a writ, warrant or other process is directed and, in the Province of Quebec, a member of the Ordre professionnel des huissiers de justice du Québec. (shérif)

simplified action

action simplifiée

simplified action means an action referred to in rule 292. (action simplifiée)

solicitor

avocat

solicitor means a person referred to in subsection 11(3) of the Act. (avocat)

solicitor of record

avocat inscrit au dossier

solicitor of record means a solicitor determined under rule 123. (avocat inscrit au dossier)

specially managed proceeding

instance à gestion spéciale

specially managed proceeding means a proceeding managed in accordance with rules 383 to 385. (instance à gestion spéciale)

statement of claim

déclaration

statement of claim means a document by which an action is commenced. (déclaration)

summer recess

vacances judiciaires d’été

summer recess means the months of July and August in each year. (vacances judiciaires d’été)

swear

Version anglaise seulement

swear, in respect of an oath, includes affirm. (Version anglaise seulement)

third party

tierce partie

third party includes a fourth or subsequent party. (tierce partie)

tribunal

Version anglaise seulement

tribunal has the same meaning as federal board, commission or other tribunal in the Act. (Version anglaise seulement)

unincorporated association

association sans personnalité morale

unincorporated association means an organization of two or more persons, other than a partnership, that operates under a common name for a common purpose or undertaking. (association sans personnalité morale)

writ of execution

bref d’exécution

writ of execution includes a writ of seizure and sale, a writ of possession, a writ of delivery and a writ of sequestration, and any further writ in aid thereof. (bref d’exécution)