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;service ''ex juris'':Service of legal documents on someone living outside of British Columbia as may be permitted by the rules of court. See "personal service". | ;service ''ex juris'':Service of legal documents on someone living outside of British Columbia as may be permitted by the rules of court. See "personal service". | ||
;settlement:A resolution of one or more matters at issue in court proceeding or in a legal dispute with the agreement of the parties to the proceeding or dispute, usually recorded in a written agreement or in an order that all parties agree the court should make. A court proceeding can be settlement at any time before the trial. See "action", "consent order", "family law agreements" and "offer". | ;settlement:A resolution of one or more matters at issue in court proceeding or in a legal dispute with the agreement of the parties to the proceeding or dispute, usually recorded in a written agreement or in an order that all parties agree the court should make. A court proceeding can be settlement at any time before the trial. See "action", "consent order", "family law agreements" and "offer". | ||
;sine die:A Latin phrase meaning "without a day". An application adjourned ''sine die'' has been adjourned without a specific date being set for the hearing, often in the expectation that it will never need to be set for hearing. See "adjournment" and "application". | ;''sine die'':A Latin phrase meaning "without a day". An application adjourned ''sine die'' has been adjourned without a specific date being set for the hearing, often in the expectation that it will never need to be set for hearing. See "adjournment" and "application". | ||
;Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines:An academic paper released by the Department of Justice that describes a variety of mathematic formulas that can be applied to determine how much spousal support should be paid and how long spousal support should be paid for, once a spouse is found to be entitled to receive support. The Advisory Guidelines is not a law. | ;Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines:An academic paper released by the Department of Justice that describes a variety of mathematic formulas that can be applied to determine how much spousal support should be paid and how long spousal support should be paid for, once a spouse is found to be entitled to receive support. The Advisory Guidelines is not a law. | ||
;spouse:Under the ''Divorce Act'', either of two people who are married to one another, whether of the same or opposite genders. Under the ''Family Law Act'', married spouses, unmarried parties who have lived together in a marriage-like relationship for at least two years, and, for all purposes of the act other than the division of property or debt, unmarried parties who have lived together for less than two years but have had a child together. See "marriage" and "marriage-like relationship". | ;spouse:Under the ''Divorce Act'', either of two people who are married to one another, whether of the same or opposite genders. Under the ''Family Law Act'', married spouses, unmarried parties who have lived together in a marriage-like relationship for at least two years, and, for all purposes of the act other than the division of property or debt, unmarried parties who have lived together for less than two years but have had a child together. See "marriage" and "marriage-like relationship". | ||