Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"acting Judge" means a person appointed under this Act to act as a Judge.
"additional Judge" means a person appointed under this Act to be an additional Judge.
"Chief Justice" means the Chief Justice of the Court, and includes a Judge for the time being performing the duties and exercising the powers of the Chief Justice.
"Court" or Supreme Court means the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory of Australia established by this Act.
"Court of Appeal" means the Court of Appeal of the Northern Territory of Australia within the meaning of section 51(2).
"defendant" includes a person against whom relief is sought in a proceeding or who is required to attend as a party to a proceeding.
"former Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory of Australia as established by law immediately before the commencement of this Act.
"Full Court" means the Court, not being the Court of Appeal, constituted by not less than 3 Judges.
"Judge" means a Judge of the Court, and includes a person who is:
(a) the Chief Justice;
(b) an additional Judge; or
(c) an acting Judge.
"judgment" includes a decree, order, declaration, determination, finding (including a finding of guilt), conviction or sentence, and a refusal to make a decree, order, declaration, determination or finding, whether final or otherwise.
"Judicature Act" means The Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1873 of the United Kingdom.
"Master" means the Master of the Court, and includes a person authorized under section 41H to act in the office of Master.
"plaintiff" includes a person seeking relief against another person by any form of proceeding in the Court.
"practice and procedure" includes matters relating to costs, the method of pleading, the attendance of witnesses, the custody or bail of accused, persons found guilty of an offence or convicted persons and the enforcement and execution of judgments.
"proceeding" means a proceeding in the Court whether between parties or not, and includes:
(a) a cause, action, suit or matter;
(b) an incidental proceeding in the course of, or in connection with, a cause, action, suit or matter;
(c) a criminal proceeding, where the context so permits; and
(d) an appeal.
"Registrar" means a Registrar or an acting Registrar appointed under this Act.
"repealed Act" means the Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961 of the Commonwealth, or that Act as amended at any time.
"Rules" means the Rules of Court made under this Act or ratified, validated and approved under the Supreme Court (Rules of Procedure) Act 1987 .
"Seal" means the Seal of the Court.
"Sheriff" means the Sheriff of the Territory.
(2) In this or any other Act or an instrument of a legislative or administrative character, a reference to:
(a) a rule or decree of the Court shall be taken to be a reference to an order of the Court; or
(b) a writ of prohibition, mandamus or certiorari by which the Court had before the commencement of Parts II and IV of the Supreme Court (Rules of Procedure) Act 1987 jurisdiction to grant relief or a remedy shall be taken to be a reference to the judgment by which the Court may, after that commencement, grant that relief or remedy under this Act and the Rules.