Local Rule LR 9001-1: Rules of Construction

LR 9001-1 Rules of Construction

(a) Declaration. "Declaration" means a declaration pursuant to and in compliance with 28 U.S.C. § 1746 or an affidavit sufficient to support a charge of perjury under applicable nonbankruptcy law.

(b) Clerk. "Bankruptcy Clerk" and "Clerk" in these Local Rules means Clerk of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

(c) CM/ECF system. "CM/ECF" or "CM/ECF system" means the court's current electronic case-management and filing system and all successor systems.

(d) Service by those requesting court action. Where the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure direct that "the clerk, or some other person as the court may direct" will serve a document or otherwise give notice, the filer of the document or proponent of the action must serve the document or notice, unless the court orders otherwise or the document or notice is listed on the table of Clerk‐issued notices in the Appendix to these Local Rules.

(e) Incorporation of definitions and construction rules. The definitions and rules of construction contained in title 11 of the United States Code and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure apply to these Local Rules except where the text requires otherwise.