Rules of Court · Part 4 · New Jersey
R. 4:35-2 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 4:35-2: Advisory Jury and Trial by Consent, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Advisory Jury and Trial by Consent
The court on motion or its own initiative may try with an advisory jury any issue not triable of right by a jury, or it may, with the consent of all parties appearing at the trial, order a trial of any such issue with a jury whose verdict has the same effect as if trial by jury had been a matter of right.
Note: Source-R.R. 4:40-1.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 4:35-2 "Advisory Jury and Trial by Consent" {
The court on motion or its own initiative may try with an advisory jury any issue not triable of right by a jury, or it may, with the consent of all parties appearing at the trial, order a trial of any such issue with a jury whose verdict has the same effect as if trial by jury had been a matter of right.
Note: Source-R.R. 4:40-1.
}
referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-29; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 4:35-1 · R. 4:35-3 → · chapter 4:35 · all rules
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