In these rules and in the forms annexed hereto, unless the context otherwise indicates, a word to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act bears that meaning, and—

"clerk of the court"

means a clerk of the court appointed under section 11 of the Act and includes an assistant clerk of the court so appointed;

"deliver"

(except in rules 8 and 13) means to file with the clerk of the court and serve a copy on the opposite party and "delivery" and "delivered" and "delivering" have a corresponding meaning;

"property"

includes everything animate or inanimate, corporeal or incorporeal, movable or immovable, capable of being subject to ownership;

"the Act"

means the Small Claims Courts Act, 1984 (Act No. 61 of 1984).