REMITTED action is said to be " remitted" when, having been commenced in the High Court, it has been ordered by a judge of that court to be tried in a County Court. The object is to save the time and expense usually incident to a trial in the High Court. The power to remit is exercised in actions founded upon contract only when the claim indorsed on the writ does not exceed 1'100, or where such claim, though it originally exceeded that sum, is reduced thereunder by payment or an admitted set off. Upon an order being made it is the duty of the plaintiff to lodge the original writ and copy of the order with the registrar of the court in which the action is ordered to be tried ; notice of the day of trial is then given, and the action proceeds on the same lines as an ordinary County Court action. The costs prior to the order of remission will be High Court costs, and those incurred subsequent thereto will be allowed on the County Court scale only. There is no power of remission if the claim is for unliquidated
damages, or when the claim is for .V100 and interest. An action for tort may be so remitted if the defendant, by an affidavit, proves that the plaintiff has no visible means of paying his costs if he should fail to obtain a verdict ; but such an impecunious plaintiff can prevent the remission by giving security for the defendant's costs, or satisfying the judge that he has a cause of action fit to be prosecuted in the High Court.
And generally, any action which could have been brought in a County Court may be transferred to one. And an interpleader issue may be trans ferred for trial if the amount in dispute does not exceed 1)500.