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Chapter 48 - Exchequer causes

Proceedings before Lord Ordinary in Exchequer Causes

48.1 .-(1) Subject to Part IV of Chapter 41 (Exchequer appeals), all proceedings in an Exchequer cause shall be brought before the Lord Ordinary in Exchequer Causes.

(2) An application for the suspension of a decree, charge, threatened charge or diligence in an Exchequer cause shall be made to the Lord Ordinary in Exchequer Causes.

(3) Where another judge of the court acts in place of the Lord Ordinary in Exchequer Causes, any interlocutor pronounced by him shall state that he acted in the absence of the Lord Ordinary in Exchequer Causes.

Procedure in Exchequer causes

48.2 . An Exchequer cause commenced by summons shall proceed as an ordinary action.

Precedence of extracts

48.3 . The Extractor shall give priority to extracts in Exchequer causes over all other business.