Rules of Court · Part 2 · New Jersey
R. 2:6-8 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 2:6-8: References to Briefs; Appendices; Transcripts, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
References to Briefs; Appendices; Transcripts
References to a brief or appendix shall be made to the appropriate pages, and references to the stenographic transcript shall be made to the appropriate pages and lines thereof, by the following abbreviations:
"Pb8" for plaintiff's brief, page 8;
"Db8" for defendant's brief, page 8;
"Pa8" for plaintiff's appendix, page 8;
"Da12" for defendant's appendix, page 12;
"Ja15" for joint appendix, page 15;
"Prb8" for plaintiff's reply brief, page 8;
"Pra7" for plaintiff's reply appendix, page 7;
"T8-3" for transcript, page 8, line 3.
If there is more than one plaintiff or defendant, the appropriate party's name or initial or other identifying designation should precede the abbreviation. If there are multiple volumes of transcript, they shall be numbered sequentially by chronology, i.e., 1T, 2T, etc., irrespective of the nature of the proceeding. The procedural history of the appellant's brief shall list in a footnote the date of each volume of transcript and its numbered designation.
Note: Source -- R.R. 1:7-8; amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994; amended July 12, 2002 to be effective September 3, 2002; amended July 28, 2004 to be effective September 1, 2004.
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rule 2:6-8 "References to Briefs; Appendices; Transcripts" {
References to a brief or appendix shall be made to the appropriate pages, and references to the stenographic transcript shall be made to the appropriate pages and lines thereof, by the following abbreviations:
"Pb8" for plaintiff's brief, page 8;
"Db8" for defendant's brief, page 8;
"Pa8" for plaintiff's appendix, page 8;
"Da12" for defendant's appendix, page 12;
"Ja15" for joint appendix, page 15;
"Prb8" for plaintiff's reply brief, page 8;
"Pra7" for plaintiff's reply appendix, page 7;
"T8-3" for transcript, page 8, line 3.
If there is more than one plaintiff or defendant, the appropriate party's name or initial or other identifying designation should precede the abbreviation. If there are multiple volumes of transcript, they shall be numbered sequentially by chronology, i.e., 1T, 2T, etc., irrespective of the nature of the proceeding. The procedural history of the appellant's brief shall list in a footnote the date of each volume of transcript and its numbered designation.
Note: Source -- R.R. 1:7-8; amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994; amended July 12, 2002 to be effective September 3, 2002; amended July 28, 2004 to be effective September 1, 2004.
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source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-26; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 2:6-7 · R. 2:6-9 → · chapter 2:6 · all rules
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