Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada

2 The following definitions apply in these Rules.

Act

Act means the Supreme Court Act. (Loi)

affidavit

affidavit includes an affirmation and a statutory declaration. (affidavit)

agent

agent means a lawyer practising in the National Capital Region within the meaning of the National Capital Act. (correspondant)

application for leave to appeal

application for leave to appeal means an application for leave to appeal referred to in Rule 25 and section 40 of the Act. (demande d’autorisation d’appel)

attorney general

attorney general means the Attorney General of Canada, an attorney general of a province or a minister of Justice of a territory. (procureur général)

authorities

authorities includes legislative enactments, case law, articles and texts, treaties and excerpts from them. (sources)

commissioner for oaths

commissioner for oaths includes any person authorized under federal or provincial legislation or rules of practice, as the case may be, to conduct examinations. (commissaire à l’assermentation)

counsel

counsel means a member of the bar of a province. (procureur)

electronic filing portal

electronic filing portal means the electronic filing portal on the Court’s website or on any other website specified in a direction given by the Court. (portail de dépôt électronique)

holiday

holiday means a holiday as defined in the Interpretation Act and includes Saturday. (jour férié)

last known address

last known address means the address that appears on the most recently filed document, whether it is a document filed in the Court or in the court appealed from, or, if applicable, on the notice of change that was most recently served and filed in accordance with Rule 17.1. (dernière adresse connue)

last known email address

last known email address means the email address that appears on the most recently filed document, whether it is a document filed in the Court or in the court appealed from, or, if applicable, on the notice of change that was most recently served and filed in accordance with Rule 17.1. (dernière adresse de courriel connue)

last known fax number

last known fax number means the fax number that appears on the most recently filed document, whether it is a document filed in the Court or in the court appealed from, or, if applicable, on the notice of change that was most recently served and filed in accordance with Rule 17.1. (dernier numéro de télécopieur connu)

party

party means a person named in the style of cause in accordance with Rule 22 including any person added or substituted as a party under Rule 18, but where referring to the court appealed from, it means a person who was a party in that court. (partie)

person

person includes a body politic or corporate, His Majesty the King and an attorney general. (personne)

printing

printing includes reproduction by any means but does not include hand writing. (impression)

proceeding

proceeding means an appeal, application for leave to appeal, motion or reference before the Court, a judge or the Registrar. (procédure)