Eckard's principles of civil procedure in the magistrate's courts / created by T.J.M. Paterson

Includes index

Historical review; general comments on procedural law; the various courts, their jurisdictions and personnel; jurisdiction; the forms that proceedings may take; the application procedure; arrests, attachments, interdicts and mandamenten van spolie; the summons; the service of the summons; satisfaction of claims, judgment by consent and default judgment; notice of intention to defend, summary judgment and provisional sentence; the exception and the application to strike out; the request for further particulars; tender and payment into court; the plea, claims in reconvention, the reply and close of pleadings; the trial and the preparation for it; costs; execution; appeals and reviews; debt-collecting procedure; Administration orders.

The book provides steps followed in various magistrates courts proceedings and illustrates these examples of pleadings and notices, including prescribed forms