Judgments Extension Act, 1868

Judgments Extension Act, 1868 (English). By this Act (31 & 32 Vict. c. 54) (preserved by the Judicature Act, 1925, s. 224) the judgments of the superior Courts of either England, Scotland, or Northern Ireland may be enforced as judgments in either of the other two countries upon registration (in a prescribed manner) of certificate thereof in the country in which such judgments are sought to been forced. By the Inferior Courts Judgment Extension Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 31), the principle of this Act was, with the limitation of personal service, extended to inferior courts. See INFERIOR COURTS; IRISH JUDGMENTS.

Part II. of the (English) Administration of Justice Act, 1920, makes provision of the reciprocal enforce-ment of judgments of superior courts between the United Kingdom and other parts of the Empire. The Act is limited to such parts of His Majesty's Dominions as have been included within its scope by Orders in Council; and by the (English) Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act, 1933 (23 Geo. 5, c. 13), s. 7, Part II. of the Act of 1920 ceases to have effect except in relation to any Dominion to which the Act of 1920 was extended at the date of an Order under the Act of 1933. See (English) R.S.C., Ord. XLIA., and Annual Practice.