;service ''ex juris'':An English word combined with a Latin phrase meaning service "outside the jurisdiction;" refers to service of legal documents on someone living outside of British Columbia in the manner required by the rules of court or by a court order. See "personal service."

;settlement:A resolution of one or more issues in a court proceeding or legal dispute with the agreement of the parties to the proceeding or dispute, usually recorded in a written agreement or in an order that all parties agree the court should make. A court proceeding can be settled at any time before the conclusion of trial. See "action," "consent order," "family law agreements" and "offer."

;''sine die'':A Latin phrase meaning "without a day." An application adjourned ''sine die'' has been adjourned without a specific date being set for the hearing to resume, often in the expectation that it will never need to be set for hearing. See "adjournment" and "application."

;special costs:Special costs, unlike ordinary costs, are intended tp approximate the fees charged by a lawyer. They are awarded by the court, usually in exceptional circumstances, to address a party's misconduct in the course of a proceeding, especially where the party has abused the court’s process, mislead the court, or persistently breached of the rules of court. See "bad faith," "costs" and "frivolous and vexatious conduct."

;spousal support:A payment made by one spouse to the other spouse to help with the recipient's day-to-day living expenses or to compensate the recipient for the financial choices the spouses made during the relationship.

;Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines:An academic paper released by the Department of Justice that describes a variety of mathematical formulas that can be applied to determine how much spousal support should be paid and how long spousal support should be paid for, once a spouse is found to be entitled to receive support. The Advisory Guidelines are not a law, but are nonetheless very useful.