Important Definitions under CPC

Section 

Term 

Definition 

2(1) 

Code 

Includes rules. 

2(2) 

Decree 

The formal expression of an adjudication which conclusively determines the rights of the parties with regard to all or any matters in controversy in the suit. May be preliminary, final, or partly both. Includes rejection of plaint and determination of questions under Section 144. Excludes adjudications appealable as orders and orders of dismissal for default. 

2(3) 

Decree-Holder 

Any person in whose favour a decree has been passed or an order capable of execution has been made. 

2(4) 

District 

The local limits of the jurisdiction of a principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction (District Court); includes the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of a High Court. 

2(5) 

Foreign Court 

A Court situated outside India and not established or continued by the authority of the Central Government. 

2(6) 

Foreign Judgment 

The judgment of a foreign Court. 

2(7) 

Government Pleader 

Includes any officer appointed by the State Government to perform functions imposed by the Code on the Government Pleader; also includes any pleader acting under the Government Pleader's directions. 

2(7A) 

High Court 

In relation to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, means the High Court in Calcutta. 

2(7B) 

India 

Means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir (except in Sections 1, 29, 43, 44, 44A, 78, 79, 82, 83, and 87A). 

2(8) 

Judge 

The presiding officer of a Civil Court. 

2(9) 

Judgment 

The statement given by the Judge of the grounds of a decree or order. 

2(10) 

Judgment-Debtor 

Any person against whom a decree has been passed or an order capable of execution has been made. 

2(11) 

Legal Representative 

A person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person; includes any person who intermeddles with the estate of the deceased; and, where a party sues or is sued in a representative character, the person on whom the estate devolves on the death of such party. 

2(12) 

Mesne Profits 

Profits which the person in wrongful possession of property actually received or might with ordinary diligence have received, together with interest thereon. Excludes profits due to improvements made by the person in wrongful possession. 

2(13) 

Movable Property 

Includes growing crops. 

2(14) 

Order 

The formal expression of any decision of a Civil Court which is not a decree. 

2(15) 

Pleader 

Any person entitled to appear and plead for another in Court; includes an advocate, a vakil, and an attorney of a High Court. 

2(16) 

Prescribed 

Prescribed by rules. 

2(17) 

Public Officer 

Includes every Judge; member of an All-India Service; commissioned or gazetted officer in the military, naval, or air forces while serving under the Government; every officer of a court of justice whose duty it is to investigate or report on any matter, make or keep documents, or execute judicial processes; every person empowered to place or keep any person in confinement; officers of the Government responsible for preventing offences, protecting public health or safety, or managing Government property or pecuniary interests; and every officer in the service or pay of the Government or remunerated by fees or commission for a public duty. 

2(18) 

Rules 

Rules and forms contained in the First Schedule or made under Section 122 or Section 125. 

2(19) 

Share in a Corporation 

Deemed to include stock, debenture stock, debentures, or bonds. 

2(20) 

Signed 

Save in the case of a judgment or decree, includes stamped.