Rules of Court · Part 8 · New Jersey
R. 8:8-3 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 8:8-3: Consolidation and Severance, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Consolidation and Severance
(a) Consolidation. The Tax Court on its own motion or on a party's motion may consolidate actions if they present a common question of law or fact, involve the same property or related properties, or the same or similar proofs.
(b) Severance. The Tax Court on its own motion or on a party’s motion may try actions or portions thereof separately when a single trial is likely to become confusing or protracted or when the court otherwise deems that separate trials would be advantageous.
Note: Adopted June 20, 1979 to be effective July 1, 1979; paragraph (a) amended July 23, 2026 to be effective September 1, 2026.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 8:8-3 "Consolidation and Severance" {
(a) Consolidation. The Tax Court on its own motion or on a party's motion may consolidate actions if they present a common question of law or fact, involve the same property or related properties, or the same or similar proofs.
(b) Severance. The Tax Court on its own motion or on a party’s motion may try actions or portions thereof separately when a single trial is likely to become confusing or protracted or when the court otherwise deems that separate trials would be advantageous.
Note: Adopted June 20, 1979 to be effective July 1, 1979; paragraph (a) amended July 23, 2026 to be effective September 1, 2026.
}
referenced_by: none
amended: 2026-09-02 // changed; first diff after the 2026-08-17 corpus; amendments effective 2026-09-01
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2026-08-31; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 8:8-2 · R. 8:8-4 → · chapter 8:8 · all rules
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