CHOICE OF COURT AGREEMENTS
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- courts in that Contracting State, the case to which the judgment relates;
“judgment” means—
- (a) a final court decision (by whatever name called) on the merits, a consent order, a consent judgment or a judgment given by default; or
- (b) a determination by a court of any costs or expenses relating to any such court decision, consent order, consent judgment or a judgment given by default;
“judicial settlement”—
- (a) means a contract approved by, or concluded before, a court of a Contracting State (other than Singapore), in the course of proceedings, being a contract—
- (i) between the parties to proceedings before that court;
- (ii) by which those parties end those proceedings; and
- (iii) which is recorded by that court in an official document; but
- (b) does not include a consent order or consent judgment;
“law of Singapore” means any written law or any rule of law that applies in Singapore;
“State of origin”—
- (a) in relation to a foreign judgment for which recognition or enforcement is sought under this Act, means the Contracting State of the court of origin of the foreign judgment; or
- (b) in relation to a judicial settlement for which enforcement is sought under this Act, means the Contracting State of the court which recorded the judicial settlement.
