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FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
- FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
- 1. Scope of Rules
- 2. One Form of Action
- 3. Commencement of Action
- 4. Summons
- 4.1. Service of Other Process
- 5. Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
- 6. Time
- 7. Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions
- 8. General Rules of Pleading
- 9. Pleading Special Matters
- 10. Form of Pleadings
- 11. Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to Court; Sanctions
- 12. Defenses and Objections--When and How Presented--By Pleading or Motion--Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
- 13. Counterclaim and Cross-Claim
- 14. Third-Party Practice
- 15. Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
- 16. Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management
- 17. Parties Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity
- 18. Joinder of Claims and Remedies
- 19. Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication
- 20. Permissive Joinder of Parties
- 21. Misjoinder and Non-Joinder of Parties
- 22. Interpleader
- 23. Class Actions
- 23.1. Derivative Actions by Shareholders
- 23.2. Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations
- 24. Intervention
- 25. Substitution of Parties
- 26. General Provisions Governing Discovery; Duty of Disclosure
- 27. Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal
- 28. Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
- 29. Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure
- 30. Deposition Upon Oral Examination
- 31. Depositions Upon Written Questions
- 32. Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings
- 33. Interrogatories to Parties
- 34. Production of Documents and Things and Entry Upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes
- 35. Physical and Mental Examination of Persons
- 36. Requests for Admission
- 37. Failure to Make or Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
- 38. Jury Trial of Right
- 39. Trial by Jury or by the Court
- 40. Assignment of Cases for Trial
- 41. Dismissal of Actions
- 42. Consolidation; Separate Trials
- 43. Taking of Testimony
- 44. Proof of Official Record
- 44.1. Proof of Foreign Law
- 45. Subpoena
- 46. Exceptions Unnecessary
- 47. Selection of Jurors
- 48. Number of Jurors--Participation in Verdict
- 49. Special Verdicts and Interrogatories
- 50. Judgment as a Matter of Law in Jury Trials; Alternative Motion for New Trial; Conditional Rulings
- 51. Instructions to Jury; Objection
- 52. Findings by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings
- 53. Masters
- 54. Judgments; Costs
- 55. Default
- 56. Summary Judgment
- 57. Declaratory Judgments
- 58. Entry of Judgment
- 59. New Trials; Amendment of Judgments
- 60. Relief from Judgment or Order
- 61. Harmless Error
- 62. Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
- 63. Inability of a Judge to Proceed
- 64. Seizure of Person or Property
- 65. Injunctions
- 65.1 Security: Proceedings Against Sureties
- 66. Receivers Appointed by Federal Courts
- 67. Deposit in Court
- 68. Offer of Judgment
- 69. Execution
- 70. Judgment for Specific Acts; Vesting Title
- 71. Process in Behalf of and Against Persons Not Parties
- 71A. Condemnation of Property
- 72. Magistrate Judges; Pretrial Orders
- 73. Magistrate Judges; Trial by Consent and Appeal Options
- 74. Method of Appeal From Magistrate Judge to District Judge Under Title 28, U.S.C. § 636(c)(4) and Rule 73(d)
- 75. Proceedings on Appeal from Magistrate Judge to District Judge Under Rule 73(d)
- 76. Judgment of the District Judge on the Appeal under Rule 73(d) and Costs
- 77. District Courts and Clerks
- 78. Motion Day
- 79. Books and Records Kept by the Clerk and Entries Therein
- 80. Stenographer; Stenographic Report or Transcript as Evidence
- 81. Applicability in General
- 82. Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
- 83. Rules by District Courts
- 84. Forms
- 85. Title
- 86. Effective Date
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