Civil Procedure

This is FindLaw’s collection of Civil Procedure articles, part of the Litigation and Disputes section of the Corporate Counsel Center. It is the body of law surrounding procedural rules detailing how the court will handle a civil case. Civil procedure is a set of rules that help determine what pleas, orders and motions are allowed, as well as how to handle depositions and discovery. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, adopted by the US federal court in 1938, has been used by most states. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Civil Procedure Articles

What Is Jury Duty Like?

I will admit that being gone from work for a week or two for jury duty made me nervous. But in the two cases where I served as a juror, I really enjoyed it. First I signed in and showed my id. Then the large jury assembly room was big enough to hold ...
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What You Should Know About Pursuing A Lawsuit

Civil litigation can be prolonged, expensive and complex. Each case is usually different. However, there are certain standard procedures that are generally followed in most cases. After the dispute evolves, the parties ought to try to resolve the ...
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Why Fight A Ticket?

The simple answer is to improve your situation. If you plead guilty to a citation you will have to pay the fine set forth on the ticket and will also receive the corresponding amount of points on your license according to state law. Most ...
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Witness Aids In Testifying

Listen to the exact question asked. Many times, the critical question isn't asked. You are only required to answer the question asked. Your answers must be from personal knowledge only-what you saw with your own eyes or heard directly with your own ...
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Working With Other Professionals

Only through the use of experts can the family lawyer address the multitude of issues so as to present them to the opposing counsel in an effort to settle the client's claims without litigation or to present the claims to a court in such a way as to ...
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Y2K Remediation: What to do When You Cannot Achieve 100% Success

Your company has been working on the Y2K problem for several years. You pride yourself on being among the first to have recognized the problem. Early on, your Board formed a high level committee with staff from all areas of your company to study ...
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You Don’t Have to use the Postal Service to Send Mail to IRS: But Watch Out

Until this year, if you wanted to comply with the "timely mailing as timely filing/paying" rule of Internal Revenue Code Section 7502, you had one choice - the United States Postal Service. No other method was recognized by the Service ...
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Your Guide to Large Claims Process

Litigants are able to take advantage of the less formal, less time-consuming and less costly small claims procedure when the claim at issue is below the $5,000.00 limit. However, when the claim exceeds that amount, a somewhat different procedure ...
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