by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Rhode Island
(a) Definition; Form. “Judgment” as used in these rules includes a decree and any order from which an appeal lies. A judgment shall not contain a recital of pleadings, the report of a master, or the record of prior proceedings. (b) Judgment Upon Multiple...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Rhode Island
(a) Appointment and Compensation. The court may appoint a special master in any appropriate action which is pending therein. As used in these rules, the word “master” includes a referee, an auditor, an examiner and any other individual or entity possessing...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Rhode Island
(a) Effect. In all actions tried upon the facts without a jury or with an advisory jury, the court shall find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law thereon, and judgment shall be entered pursuant to Rule 58; and in granting or refusing...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Rhode Island
(a) Time for Argument. Counsel for each party shall be allowed one (1) hour for argument; in cases commenced in district courts the time shall be limited to forty (40) minutes. Before the commencement of argument the court may allow further time. When more than one...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Rhode Island
(a) Judgment as a Matter of Law. (1) If during a trial by jury a party has been fully heard on an issue and there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a reasonable jury to find for that party on that issue, the court may determine the issue against that...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Rhode Island
(a) Special Verdicts. The court may require a jury to return only a special verdict in the form of a special written finding upon each issue of fact. In that event the court may submit to the jury written questions susceptible of categorical or other brief answer or...
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