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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 3. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL  

3.1 Written Discovery  

3.2 Days for Taking Depositions

3.3 Termination of Discovery

 

PART 3. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL

3.1 Written Discovery

(a) No party shall serve on any other party more than thirty (30) written interrogatories in the aggregate including subsections except upon agreement of the parties or leave of court granted upon a showing of good cause. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 213, a motion for leave of court to serve more than thirty (30) interrogatories must be in writing and shall set forth the proposed interrogatories and the reasons establishing good cause for their use.

(b) In all Law Division cases answers to interrogatories shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

(c) Requests for admission of fact shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court. Within twenty-eight (28) days after service of the requests, the answering party shall serve upon the party requesting the admission and file with the Clerk of the Circuit Court either a sworn statement denying specifically the matters of which admission is requested or setting forth in detail the reasons why the party cannot truthfully admit or deny those matters or a written objection to each request.

[Amended March 25, 1996, effective May 1, 1996.]


 

3.2 Days for Taking Depositions

Unless otherwise agreed by the parties or ordered by the court, depositions shall not be taken on Saturdays, Sundays or court holidays.

[Amended March 25, 1996, effective May 1, 1996.]


 

3.3 Termination of Discovery

[Repealed March 25, 1996, effective May 1, 1996.]


 
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