3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 40 of 1959, s. 2 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 44 of 1965, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ][Section 3 Amended by S.R. 1977, No. 150 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 1984, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]**[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 30 of 1995, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]

(1)  *[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by 25 Geo. V No. 60, s. 2 ]*In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

a judge sitting in chambers, a single judge sitting in chambers, and a judge in chambers include a judge sitting in court as in chambers and a judge sitting in any place otherwise than as a court or as a member of a court;

a judge sitting in court means a judge sitting in court as a court, whether with or without a jury or an assessor or assessors;

action, when used with reference to proceedings in the Supreme Court, means a civil proceeding commenced by writ of summons or statement of claim, and any proceeding which, by any express provision in the Rules of Court , is declared to be an action: the Rules of Court may declare any proceeding to be an action either for all purposes or for any particular purpose or purposes, and in the latter case the proceeding shall, as to such purpose or purposes, but not further or otherwise, be deemed to be an action;

administration includes all letters of administration of the effects of deceased persons, whether with or without a will annexed and whether granted for general, special, or limited purposes;

any Act means any Act of the Parliament of Tasmania;

any Rules of Court means the Rules of Court for the time being in force under this Act, or any Orders or Rules of Court which are by this Act directed or authorized to be applied or used in the Supreme Court;