

(1996) The 1996 amendment to Rule 39 adds a new section (d), making the rule inapplicable to District Court proceedings. Thus, Rule 39, as amended by the addition of the above sentence to Rule 39(a), will be applicable in the District Court. Rule 39(d), entitled "District Court," has been deleted, since jury trials are available under the statewide one-trial system in District Court civil actions. 218, § 19B(a) as follows: In any case in which a party has filed a timely demand for a jury trial, the action shall not be designated upon the docket as a jury action until after the completion of a pretrial conference, a hearing on the results of the conference and until the disposition of any pretrial discovery motion and compliance with any order of the court pursuant to the motions. The statewide one-trial statute provides in G.L. (2008) A new second sentence has been added to Rule 39(a) to deal with statutory requirements in the District Court regarding designating an action on the docket as a jury action. Rule 82: Jurisdiction and venue unaffected.Rule 80: Stenographic report or transcript.Rule 79: Books and records kept by the clerk and entries therein.Rule 71: Process in behalf of and against persons not parties.Rule 70: Judgment for specific acts: Vesting title.Rule 65.3: Proceedings for civil contempt.Rule 65.2: Redelivery of goods or chattels.Rule 65.1: Security: Proceedings against security provider.Provisional and final remedies and special procedures Rule 62: Stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment.Rule 59: New trials: Amendment of judgments.

Rule 55.1: Special requirements for defaults and default judgments for certain ….Rule 51: Argument: Instructions to jury.Rule 50: Motion for a directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the ver….Rule 49: Special verdicts and interrogatories.Rule 48: Number of jurors - Majority verdict.Rule 44.1: Determination of foreign law.Rule 42: Consolidation: Separate trials.Rule 40: Assignment of cases for trial: Continuances.Rule 37: Failure to make discovery: Sanctions.Rule 35: Physical and mental examination of persons.


Rule 30: Depositions upon oral examination (effective until September 1, 2022).Rule 29: Stipulations regarding discovery procedure.Rule 28: Persons before whom depositions may be taken.Rule 27: Depositions before action or pending appeal.Rule 26: General provisions governing discovery.Rule 23.2: Actions relating to unincorporated associations.Rule 23.1: Derivative actions by shareholders.Rule 21: Misjoinder and non-joinder of parties.Rule 19: Joinder of persons needed for just adjudication.Rule 18: Joinder of claims and remedies.Rule 17: Parties plaintiff and defendant: Capacity.Rule 16: Pre-trial procedure: Formulating issues.Rule 15: Amended and supplemental pleadings.Rule 8.1: Special requirements for certain consumer debts.Rule 7: Pleadings allowed: Form of motions.Rule 5: Service and filing of pleadings and other papers.Rule 4.3: Arrest: Supplementary process: Ne exeat.Commencement of action service of process, pleadings, motions and orders
