Criminal Proceedings Rules for the Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) — 40.01
40.01 In this rule, and in rules 41 and 42, unless the context requires otherwise, adjudication means (i) in appeals under paragraph 813(a) of the Code , (i) a conviction or order made against a defendant, (ii) a sentence passed on a defendant, or (iii) a verdict of unfit to stand trial or not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder; (ii) in appeals under paragraph 813(b) of the Code , (i) an order that stays proceedings on an information or dismisses an information, (ii) a sentence passed upon a defendant, or (iii) a verdict of not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder or unfit to stand trial; and (iii) in appeals under subsection 830(1) of the Code , a conviction, judgment, verdict of acquittal, or verdict of not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder or of unfit to stand trial or other final order or determination of a summary conviction court; ( décision ) appeal means an appeal from or against an adjudication in proceedings before a summary conviction court pursuant to Part XXVII of the Code ; ( appel ) appeal court means the Superior Court of Justice, and in the case of appeals under section 813 of the Code , means the Superior Court of Justice in the region or county where the adjudication under appeal was made; ( cour d’appel ) appellant means (i) in appeals under paragraph 813(a) of the Code , the defendant, (ii) in appeals under paragraph 813(b) of the Code , the informant or the Attorney General or his or her agent, (iii) in appeals under subsection 830(1) of the Code , a party in proceedings before a summary conviction court under Part XXVII of the Code or the Attorney General; ( appelant ) Attorney General means either the Attorney General for the Province of Ontario where the prosecution was instituted or conducted by the Attorney General of Ontario, or, where the prosecution was initiated or conducted at the instance of the Government of Canada, the Attorney General of Canada; ( procureur général ) convicted person includes a person who has been granted a discharge under section 730 of the Code ; ( personne condamnée ) counsel means a barrister or solicitor, in respect of the matters or things that barristers or solicitors, respectively, are authorized by the law of a province to do or perform in relation to legal proceedings, who represents a party to the appeal, and, unless otherwise indicated in these rules where a party to the appeal has no counsel, includes that party; ( procureur ) file means file with the clerk of the appeal court; ( déposer ) inmate appeal means an appeal by a person who at the time the notice of appeal is given is in custody, and is not represented by counsel for the appeal; ( appel d’un détenu ) judge means a judge of the appeal court; ( juge ) summary conviction court means a person who has jurisdiction in the region or county where the proceedings under Part XXVII of the Code have arisen and who: (i) is given jurisdiction over the proceedings by the enactment under which the proceedings are taken, (ii) is a justice or a provincial court judge, where the enactment under which the proceedings are taken does not expressly give jurisdiction to any person or class of persons, or (iii) is a provincial court judge, where the enactment under which the proceedings are taken gives jurisdiction in respect thereof to two or more justices; ( cour des poursuites sommaires ) trial court means the summary conviction court from or against whose adjudication an appeal is being taken; ( tribunal de première instance )