Code of Civil Procedure 1877
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The Code of Civil Procedure 1877 was a major revision of civil procedural law in British India that standardized and modernized the rules governing civil court proceedings across the colony.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Code of Civil Procedure 1877 canonical | 2 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of the Imperial Legislative Council
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civil procedure code ⓘ statute ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
making civil litigation more systematic
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reducing procedural diversity among provincial courts ⓘ |
| appliedIn |
mofussil (provincial) civil courts
ⓘ
presidency towns ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
civil appeals
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civil court jurisdiction and powers ⓘ civil suits ⓘ execution of civil decrees ⓘ |
| basedOn | English civil procedure principles ⓘ |
| containsProvisionsOn |
appeals
ⓘ
costs in civil proceedings ⓘ execution proceedings ⓘ institution of suits ⓘ interlocutory orders ⓘ judgments and decrees ⓘ limitations on multiple suits ⓘ pleadings ⓘ res judicata principles in procedure ⓘ service of summons ⓘ trial of suits ⓘ |
| country | British India ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Imperial Legislative Council of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major revision of civil procedural law in British India
ⓘ
step toward a unified Indian civil procedure code ⓘ |
| influenced | Code of Civil Procedure 1908 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | British India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalDomain | civil procedure law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | repealed ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Anglo-Indian legal system ⓘ |
| partOf | colonial legal reforms in British India ⓘ |
| predecessor | Code of Civil Procedure 1859 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to modernize rules governing civil court proceedings
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to secure uniformity in civil procedure across British Indian courts ⓘ to standardize civil procedure in British India ⓘ |
| region | Indian subcontinent under British rule ⓘ |
| revisedFrom | Code of Civil Procedure 1859 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | civil court proceedings ⓘ |
| successor |
Code of Civil Procedure 1882
NERFINISHED
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Code of Civil Procedure 1908 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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