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> The following classes of proceedings are to be commenced by a writ, unless these rules provide that they are to be commenced by application:
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> > > (a) for the recovery of a debt;
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> > > (b) for the recovery of wages or other remuneration;
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> > > (c) for the restitution or return of money paid;
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> > > (d) for the assessment of a sum as the value of goods or services, including claims on a quantum meruit or quantum valebat;
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> > > (e) proceedings based on a common count;
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> > > (f) for the recovery of a sum due on a negotiable instrument;
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> > > (g) for the return of goods or their value;
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> > > (h) for the recovery of money due in respect of necessaries supplied;
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> > > (i) for the enforcement of a bond;
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> > > (j) for the enforcement of a contract, an indemnity or a guarantee;
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> > > (k) for the specific performance of a contract;
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> > > (l) for the recovery of rent or mesne profits;
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> > > (m) for the recovery of land;
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> > > (n) for the recovery of damages, however arising;
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> > > (o) [*\[Rule 88 Amended by S.R. 2004, No. 56, Applied:21 Jul 2004\]*](/view/html/inforce/2004-07-21/sr-2004-056#GS7@Hpa@EN) for the declaration of a private right, including a right to ownership of personal property, except one to which [rule 89(a)](#GS89@Hpa@EN) or [rule 90(1)(a)](#GS90@Gs1@Hpa@EN) applies;
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> > > (p) [*\[Rule 88 Amended by S.R. 2004, No. 56, Applied:21 Jul 2004\]*](/view/html/inforce/2004-07-21/sr-2004-056#GS7@Hpb@EN) for the declaration of a public right, except one to which [rule 89(a)](#GS89@Hpa@EN) or [rule 90(1)(a)](#GS90@Gs1@Hpa@EN) applies;
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> > > (q) for the rectification of a deed or other instrument;
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> > > (r) for the setting aside of a contract or a gift;
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> > > (s) for the setting aside of a deed, conveyance, transfer or other instrument;
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> > > (t) in the nature of an action of replevin;
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> > > (u) for an injunction, except if it is sought as ancillary to relief claimed in an application;
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> > > (v) for the enforcement of a statutory right if the statute creating the right specifies that the proceeding to enforce the right is to be by way of an action;
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> > > (w) for other relief which, before the commencement of the Act, was sought by action commenced by –
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> > > > > (i) writ or plaint and summons; or
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> > > > > (ii) bill or information in the equity jurisdiction of the Court; or
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> > > > > (iii) citation or otherwise in the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Court;
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> > > (x) for the repeal, revocation, cancellation or vacation of any grant or charter granted or issued by the Crown or of any record;
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> > > (y) [*\[Rule 88 Amended by S.R. 2002, No. 80, Applied:10 Jul 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-07-10/sr-2002-080#GS4@Hpa@EN) [*\[Rule 88 Amended by S.R. 2009, No. 75, Applied:08 Jul 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-07-08/sr-2009-075#GS4@Hpa@EN) against the Crown.
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> > > (z) [*\[Rule 88 Amended by S.R. 2002, No. 80, Applied:10 Jul 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-07-10/sr-2002-080#GS4@Hpb@EN) [*\[Rule 88 Amended by S.R. 2009, No. 75, Applied:08 Jul 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-07-08/sr-2009-075#GS4@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .
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> > > (za) [*\[Rule 88 Amended by S.R. 2002, No. 80, Applied:10 Jul 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-07-10/sr-2002-080#GS4@Hpb@EN) [*\[Rule 88 Amended by S.R. 2009, No. 75, Applied:08 Jul 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-07-08/sr-2009-075#GS4@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .