4001 – Powers of Referees.

§ 4001. Powers of referees. A court may appoint a referee to determine an issue, perform an act, or inquire and report in any case where this power was heretofore exercised and as may be hereafter authorized by law.

4017 – Objections.

§ 4017. Objections. Formal exceptions to rulings of the court are unnecessary. At the time a ruling or order of the court is requested or made a party shall make known the action which he requests the court to take or, if he has not already indicated it, his objection to the action of the […]

R4011 – Sequence of Trial.

Rule 4011. Sequence of trial. The court may determine the sequence in which the issues shall be tried and otherwise regulate the conduct of the trial in order to achieve a speedy and unprejudiced disposition of the matters at issue in a setting of proper decorum.

R4012 – Marked Pleadings Furnished.

Rule 4012. Marked pleadings furnished. The party who has filed the note of issue shall furnish the judge who is to preside at the trial with copies of each pleading, where they have not been superseded by the pre-trial order, plainly marked to indicate which statements are admitted and which controverted by the responsive pleading.

R4013 – Trial Elsewhere Than at Courthouse.

Rule 4013. Trial elsewhere than at courthouse. Upon stipulation of the parties, the judge who is to preside at the trial of an issue may direct trial in whole or in part at a specified place other than the courthouse.

R4014 – Duration of Trial.

Rule 4014. Duration of trial. Notwithstanding the expiration of the term at which it was commenced, a trial shall continue until it is completed.

R4015 – Time for Motion for Referee or Advisory Jury.

Rule 4015. Time for motion for referee or advisory jury. A motion for trial by a referee or an advisory jury shall be made within twenty days after note of issue is filed, except where the issue to be tried arises on a motion or pursuant to a judgment.

R4016 – Opening and Closing Statements.

Rule 4016. Opening and closing statements. (a) Before any evidence is offered, an attorney for each plaintiff having a separate right, and an attorney for each defendant having a separate right, may make an opening statement. At the close of all the evidence on the issues tried, an attorney for each such party may make […]

R4018 – Increased Damages.

Rule 4018. Increased damages. Where increased damages are granted by statute, the decision, report or verdict shall specify the sum awarded as single damages, and judgment shall be entered for the increased amount.

R4019 – Recording in Camera Interviews of Infants.

Rule 4019. Recording in camera interviews of infants. (a) A court shall not conduct an in camera interview of an infant in any action or proceeding to fix temporary or permanent custody or to modify judgments and orders of custody concerning marital separation, divorce, annulment of marriage and dissolution of marriage unless a stenographic record […]