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CIVIL BILL COURT, IRELAND.

sections of the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act (Ireland), 1860,[1] has not a residence in the county in which the Civil Bill in such action is returnable for hearing, service of the said Civil Bill may be made by any person, and such service out of the county may be proved orally or by affidavit. Such affidavit to be lodged and filed with the Clerk of the Peace. But where the defendant in such Civil Bill has a residence in the county in which such Civil Bill is returnable for hearing, the same shall be served by one of the process officers of the Court.

9. Service of the Civil Bill in interpleader suits, where the defendant resides out of the county where the goods were seized, may be made by any person, and need not be made by one of the process officers of the Court, and such service may he proved orally or by affidavit. Such affidavit to be lodged and filed with the Clerk of the Peace.

10. In all actions brought under the provisions of the 32nd and 33rd, 45th, 46th, or 82nd sections of the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act (Ireland), 1860,[1] the Civil Bills shall be returnable for hearing in the division of the county where the lands, or any part of them, lie in respect of which the plaintiff in such Civil Bill brings his suit, unless the defendant has a residence in the county, and then in the division where the defendant resides.

11. In all actions brought under the provisions of the 30th or 31st sections of the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act (Ireland), 1860,[1] when brought by the landlord in the county where the lands lie, the Civil Bills shall be returnable for hearing in the division of the county where the lands or any part of them lie in respect of which the plaintiff brings his suit; and when brought in the county where the defendant has a residence, in the division of the county in which such residence is.

Order VII.

Process Servers.

1. Process servers shall not receive for service any copy of a Civil Bill (except in replevin cases) unless the original Civil Bill is delivered at the same time with the copy.

2. Process servers shall not receive any Civil Bill for service, unless the original and copies thereof are duly stamped.

3. Process servers shall not fill or advise or assist in the filling up of Civil Bills on pain of dismissal, nor shall they interfere in any way in relation to the Civil Bill beyond the service of the same.


  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 23 & 24 Vict. c. 154. Digitized by Google