PART IV -- RULES
GOVERNING CIVIL PRACTICE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, TAX COURT AND
SURROGATE'S COURTS
- 4:1. Scope of Rules.
- 4:2. Form; Commencement of Action.
- 4:3. Divisions; Venue; Transfer of Actions.
- 4:4. Process.
- 4:5. General Rules of Pleading.
- 4:5A-1. Tracks Defined.
- 4:5B. Case Management; Conferences.
- 4:6. Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; By Pleading or Motion; Motion for Judgment on Pleadings.
- 4:7. Counterclaim and Cross-Claim.
- 4:8. Third Party Practice.
- 4:9. Amended and Supplemental Pleadings.
- 4:10. Pretrial Discovery.
- 4:11. Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal or for Use in Other Jurisdictions.
- 4:12. Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken; Authority .
- 4:13. Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure.
- 4:14. Depositions Upon Oral Examination.
- 4:15. Depositions Upon Written Questions.
- 4:16. Use of Depositions; Objections; Effect; Errors and Irregularities.
- 4:17. Interrogatories to Parties.
- 4:18. Discovery and Inspection of Documents and Property; Copies of Documents.
- 4:19. Physical and Mental Examination of Persons.
- 4:20. Impartial Medical Examinations and Expert Testimony [Deleted].
- 4:21. Medical Malpractice Litigation [Deleted].
- 4:21A. Arbitration of Certain Personal Injury Actions.
- 4:22. Requests for Admissions.
- 4:23. Failure to Make Discovery; Sanctions.
- 4:24. Time for Completion of Discovery and Other Pretrial Proceedings.
- 4:25. Pretrial Conferences.
- 4:26. Parties Plaintiff and Defendant.
- 4:27. Joinder of Claims and Remedies.
- 4:28. Joinder of Parties.
- 4:29. Joinder of Multiple Parties.
- 4:30. Misjoinder and Non-joinder of Parties.
- 4:30A. Entire Controversy Doctrine.
- 4:31. Interpleader.
- 4:32. Class Actions.
- 4:33. Intervention.
- 4:34. Substitution of Parties.
- 4:35. Trial by Jury or by the Court.
- 4:36. Assignment for Trial in the Superior Court.
- 4:37. Dismissal of Actions.
- 4:38. Consolidation; Separate Trials.
- 4:38A. Centralized Management of Mass Torts
- 4:39. Verdicts.
- 4:40. Motion for Judgment.
- 4:41. References.
- 4:42. Judgment; Orders; Damages; Costs.
- 4:43. Default.
- 4:44. Proceedings to Approve Settlements.
- 4:44A. Proceedings to Approve Transfer Rights of Structured Settlement Payment Rights
- 4:45. Judgment by Confession.
- 4:46. Summary Judgment.
- 4:47. Entry of Judgment.
- 4:48. Satisfaction or Cancellation of Judgment.
- 4:48A. Judgments for Minors and Incompetents.
- 4:49. New Trials; Amendment of Judgments.
- 4:50. Relief From Judgment or Order.
- 4:51. Ne Exeat; Capias.
- 4:52. Injunctions.
- 4:53. Receivers and Liquidating Trustees.
- 4:54. Assignments for Benefit of Creditors.
- 4:55. Discharge of Insolvent Debtors.
- 4:56. Action to Approve a Plan of Bank Reorganization.
- 4:57. Deposit in Court.
- 4:58. Offer of Judgment.
- 4:59. Process to Enforce Judgments.
- 4:60. Attachment and Sequestration.
- 4:61. Replevin.
- 4:62. Quiet Title.
- 4:63. Waste; Partition; Account; Dower; Curtesy.
- 4:63A. Motion and Hearing on Filing of Notice of Lis Pendens.
- 4:64. Foreclosure of Mortgages, Condominium Association Liens and Tax Sale Certificates.
- 4:65. Sales of Property; In General.
- 4:66. Sale or Mortgage of Infant's and Incompetent's Lands [Redesignated as R. 4:94].
- 4:67. Summary Actions .
- 4:68. Actions for Escheat Under N.J.S. 2A:37–11 to 28, Inclusive. [Deleted]
- 4:69. Actions in Lieu of Prerogative Writs .
- 4:70. Summary Proceedings for Collection of Statutory Penalties.
- 4:71. Appeals From Local Agencies.
- 4:72. Actions for Change of Name.
- 4:73. Condemnation; Appeals From Assessments.
- 4:74. Special Proceedings in the Superior Court, Law Division.
- 4:80. Application to Surrogate's Court for Probate or Administration.
- 4:81. Application to Surrogate's Court for Guardianship of Minor.
- 4:82. Matters in Which the Surrogate's Court May Not Act .
- 4:83. Probate Actions in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Probate Part: General Provisions .
- 4:84. Complaints in Cases in Which Surrogate's Court Not Able to Act.
- 4:85. Review by Superior Court of Actions by Surrogate's Court: General Provisions .
- 4:86. Action for Guardianship of an Incompetent or for the Appointment of a Conservator.
- 4:87. Actions for the Settlement of Accounts.
- 4:88. Commissions and Attorney's Fee.
- 4:89. Distribution.
- 4:90. Sale of Property Subject to Escheat to Pay Debts.
- 4:91. Insolvent Estates.
- 4:92. Proceedings to Apply Toward Decedent's Debts Moneys Received on Foreclosure and Partition Sales.
- 4:93. Declaration of Death.
- 4:94. Sale or Mortgage of Minor's and Incompetent's Lands.
- 4:95. Miscellaneous Actions.
- 4:96. Miscellaneous.
- 4:100. Civil Docket.
- 4:101. Docketing of Judgments; Recording of Transcript and Other Documents.