Title 28 — Judicial Procedure, Civil

At the opening of the court the clerk shall prepare separate ballots containing the names of the persons returned as jurors, which must be folded as nearly alike as possible so that the names cannot be seen, and shall deposit them in the trial jury box.

Either party to an action may challenge the array of jurors for any legal cause, which must be done by motion setting forth particularly the causes of challenge, and the party opposing the challenge may join issues of law or fact on such motion, and the issues so formed must be t…

When the action is called for trial by jury, the clerk shall draw from the trial jury box of the court the ballots containing the names of the jurors summoned, until the jury is completed or the ballots are exhausted.

In all civil actions when a jury is impaneled, a jury must consist of six qualified jurors unless any party makes a timely written demand for a jury of nine.

Superseded by N.D.R.Civ.P., Rule 47.

Superseded by N.D.R.Civ.P., Rule 47.

Challenges for cause may be taken on one or more of the following grounds: 1. A want of any of the qualifications prescribed by law to render a person competent as a juror; 2. Consanguinity or affinity within the fourth degree to either party; 3. Standing in the relation of guard…

Challenges for cause must be tried by the court. The juror challenged and any other person may be examined as a witness on the trial of the challenge.

Superseded by N.D.R.Ct. 6.10.

Superseded by N.D.R.Civ.P., Rule 47.

When the jurors have been sworn, the trial must proceed in the following order, unless the judge for special reasons directs otherwise: 1. The plaintiff, after stating the issue and the plaintiff's case, shall produce the evidence on the plaintiff's part; 2. The defendant then ma…

Superseded by N.D.R.Civ.P., Rule 51.

Superseded by N.D.R.Civ.P., Rule 51.

Superseded by N.D.R.Civ.P., Rule 51.

Superseded by N.D.R.Civ.P., Rule 51.

When in the opinion of the court it is proper for the jurors to have a view of the property which is the subject of litigation, or of the place in which any material fact occurred, it may order them to be conducted in a body under the charge of an officer to the place, which must…

The jurors sworn to try a civil action may be kept in charge of proper officers during each recess of the court pending the trial. Whether the jurors are permitted to separate or are kept in charge of an officer, they must be admonished by the court that it is their duty not to c…

Upon retiring for deliberation, the jurors may take with them all papers which have been received as evidence in the cause, except depositions or copies of such papers as ought not in the opinion of the court to be taken from the person having them in possession, and they also ma…

When the case finally is submitted to the jurors, they may decide in court or retire for deliberation. If they retire, they must be kept together in some convenient place under charge of an officer, until they agree upon a verdict, are temporarily dismissed by the court, or are p…

After the jurors have retired for deliberation, if there is a disagreement between them as to any part of the testimony, or if they desire to be informed of any point of law arising in the case, they may require the officer to conduct them into court. Upon their being brought int…

If after the impaneling of a jury and before a verdict, a juror becomes sick so as to be unable to perform the juror's duty, the court may order the juror to be discharged. In that case the trial may proceed by agreement of the parties with the remaining jurors, or an alternate j…

In all cases when the jurors are discharged or prevented from giving a verdict by reason of accident or other cause during the progress of the trial or after the cause is submitted to them, the action may be tried again immediately or at a future time as the court may direct.

While the jury is absent, the court may adjourn from time to time in respect to other business, but it nevertheless is open for every purpose connected with the cause submitted to the jury, until a verdict is rendered or the jurors are discharged. The court may direct the jurors …

When the jurors have agreed upon a verdict, the members thereof must be conducted into court, their names called by the clerk, and the verdict rendered by the foreman. The verdict must be in writing signed by the foreman and must be read by the clerk to the jurors and inquiry mad…

When the verdict is announced, if it is informal or insufficient in not covering the issue submitted, it may be corrected by the jury under the advice of the court, or the jurors again may be sent out.

Upon receiving a verdict, either general or special, an entry must be made by the clerk in the minutes of the court, specifying the time of trial, the names of the jurors and witnesses, and setting out the verdict at length, and when a special verdict is found, either the judgmen…