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solemn affirmation within the meaning of subsection 14(1) of the Canada Evidence Act . ( serment ) order includes (a) a judgment; (b) a decision or other disposition of a tribunal; and (c) a determination of a reference under section 18.3 of the Act. ( ordonnance ) originating document means a document referred to in rule 63. ( acte introductif d’instance ) party means (a) in respect of an action, a plaintiff, defendant or third party; (b) in respect of an application, (i) where a tribunal brings a reference under section 18.3 of the Act, a person who becomes a party in accordance with rule 323, (ii) where the Attorney General of Canada brings a reference under section 18.3 of the Act, the Attorney General of Canada and any other person who becomes a party in accordance with rule 323, and (iii) in any other case, an applicant or respondent; (c) in respect of an appeal, an appellant or respondent; and (d) in respect of a motion, the person bringing the motion or a respondent thereto. ( parties ) person includes a tribunal, an unincorporated association and a partnership. ( personne ) plaintiff (a) except in the case of an action that has been certified as a class proceeding, includes a person on whose behalf an action is commenced; and (b) in the case of an action that has been certified as a class proceeding, means (i) in respect of the common questions of law or fact, the representative plaintiff, and (ii) in respect of individual questions, the member to whom those questions apply. ( demandeur ) pleading means a document in a proceeding in which a claim is initiated, defined, defended or answered. ( acte de procédure ) principal office means the head office of the Registry of the Court established by the Administrator. ( bureau principal ) referee means a person to whom a matter has been referred under rule 153. ( arbitre ) Registry [Repealed, SOR/2004-283, s. 3] seasonal recess means the period beginning on December 21 in a year and ending on January 7 in the following year. ( vacances judiciaires saisonnières ) sheriff includes a marshal, peace officer or other person to whom a writ, warrant or other process is directed and, in the Province of Quebec, a member of the Ordre professionnel des huissiers de justice du Québec . ( shérif ) simplified action means an action referred to in rule 292. ( action simplifiée ) solicitor means a person referred to in subsection 11(3) of the Act. ( avocat ) solicitor of record means a solicitor of record as described in rule 123 or 124. ( avocat inscrit au dossier ) specially managed proceeding means a proceeding managed in accordance with rules 383 to 385. ( instance à gestion spéciale ) statement of claim means a document by which an action is commenced. ( déclaration ) summer recess means the months of July and August in each year. ( vacances judiciaires d’été ) swear , in respect of an oath, includes affirm. ( Version anglaise seulement ) third party includes a fourth or subsequent party. ( tierce partie ) tribunal has the same meaning as federal board, commission or other tribunal in the Act. ( Version anglaise seulement ) unincorporated association means an organization of two or more persons, other than a partnership, that operates under a common name for a common purpose or undertaking. ( association sans personnalité morale ) writ of execution includes a writ of seizure and sale, a writ of possession, a writ of delivery and a writ of sequestration, and any further writ in aid thereof. ( bref d’exécution ) 2002, c. 8, s. 182; SOR/2002-417, s. 1; SOR/2004-283, s. 3; SOR/2007-301, s. 1; SOR/2015-21, s. 1 SOR/2021-244, s. 1 SOR/2021-246, s. 1 SOR/2025-232, s. 10