Section 102. Definitions

Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent provisions of these rules which are applicable to specific chapters or other provisions of these rules, the following words and phrases, when used in these rules, shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this rule:

Administrative Judge—The presiding judge of a division of a court determined as provided by Rule 706 of these Rules or section 5 of the Schedule to the Judiciary Article and section 5(a) of the act of December 2, 1968 (No. 357).

Administrative Office—The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts established by Rule 502 of these rules as the central office for the administration of the unified judicial system.

Chief Justice—The Chief Justice of Pennsylvania determined as provided by section 10(d) of Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and Rules 705 and 706 of these rules.

Court Administrator—The Court Administrator of Pennsylvania appointed by the Supreme Court under section 19(b) of Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and Rule 501(a) of these rules.

District Court Administrator—The court administrator responsible for the administration of the courts of a judicial district.

Judge—Includes a justice of the Supreme Court.

Judicial Council—The Judicial Council of Pennsylvania established by Rule 301 of these rules.

Personnel of the System—Judges and other judicial officers, their personal staff, the administrative staff of courts and justices of the peace, and the staff of the Administrative Office and other central staff.

President Judge—The president judge of a court determined or selected as provided by section 10(d) of Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and Rules 705 and 706 of these Rules or sections 11 and 19 of the Schedule to the Judiciary Article.

Presiding Judge—An administrative judge.

Related Staff—All individuals employed at public expense who serve the unified judicial system, but the term does not include personnel of the system.

Supreme Court—The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania existing under section 2 of Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.

System—The unified judicial system of this Commonwealth.

System and Related Personnel—Personnel of the system and related staff. The term includes district attorneys, public defenders, sheriffs and other officers serving process or enforcing orders, registers of wills, prothonotaries, clerks of the courts, clerks of the orphans’ court division, prison and correctional officials, and the personnel of all of the foregoing.

Official Note

Order of October 15, 1973, provides as follows: The Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration, section 102, entitled ‘‘Definitions’’ should be amended from the term ‘‘prothonotaries’’ under the subsection defining ‘‘System and Related Personnel,’’ the prothonotaries of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

The provisions of this Rule 102 adopted March 15, 1972, amended through October 15, 1973, 3 Pa.B. 2460. Effective January 18, 1973.