Payment Into Court in Europe
Definition of Payment Into Court
The deposit of money with an official or banker of a Court of justice for the purposes of proceedings pending in the Court
(1) Where the defendant in an action admits the plaintiff’s claim to a certain amount, he may pay that amount into Court by way of satisfaction or amends, and plead the payment in as a defence. Except in libel or slander, a defendant may also pay money into Court with a defence denying liability. The plaintiff (unless otherwise ordered) is entitled in either case to receive the amount paid in, and if he accepts it in satisfaction of his entire claim the defendant must pay him hi costs of the action. In no case where money is paid into Court is that fact to be communicated to a jury before they have found their verdict. See Order XXII
(2) Money may be paid into Court to remain there pending litigation. Thus, where a jyrima facie liability is established against a defendant, the Court may, under Order XXXII, r. 6, order him to pay the amount in question into Court, ” to abide the event ” of the litigation. Payment into Court is also a mode, under Order LXV, r. 6, of giving security, e.g., for the costs of an appeal
(3) In the Chancery Division payment into Court is also a mode by which a person may relieve himself from the responsibility of distributing or administering a fund in his hands, e.g., as a trustee
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