Title 5 — Judicial Procedure

(1) When the jury has been selected and sworn, the trial shall proceed in the following order, unless the court for special reasons otherwise directs:(1) The plaintiff shall state briefly his cause of action, and the issue to be tried; the defendant shall then in like manner stat…

Whenever, in the opinion of the court, it is proper that the jury should have a view of real property which is the subject of the litigation, or of the place in which any material fact occurred, it may order the jury to be conducted in a body, in the custody of a proper officer, …

The jurors may be kept together in charge of a proper officer, or may, in the discretion of the court, at any time before the submission of the cause to them, be permitted to separate. In either case they may be admonished by the court that it is their duty not to converse with a…

After hearing the charge the jury may either decide in the jury box or retire for deliberation. If they retire they must be kept together in a room provided for them, or some other convenient place, under the charge of one or more officers, until they agree upon their verdict or …

If while the jury are kept together, either during the progress of the trial or after their retirement for deliberation, the court orders them to be provided with suitable and sufficient food and lodging, they shall be so provided by the marshal, at the expense of the party reque…

Upon retiring for deliberation the jury may take with them the pleadings in the cause, and all papers which have been received as evidence on the trial (except depositions, or copies of such parts of public records or private documents given in evidence as ought not, in the opini…

After the jury have retired for deliberation, if they desire to be informed on any point of law arising in the case, they may require the officer having them in charge to conduct them into court. Upon their being brought into court the instruction required shall be given by the c…

Except in case of some accident or calamity requiring their discharge, the jury shall not be discharged after the cause is submitted to them until they have agreed upon a verdict and given it in open court, unless by the consent of both parties entered in the minutes or unless at…

When five-sixths of the jury have agreed upon their verdict they shall be conducted into court by the officer having them in charge. They shall be asked by the court or the clerk whether they have agreed upon their verdict, and if the foreman answers in the affirmative he shall, …

When a verdict is given and before it is filed, the jury may be polled on the request of either party, for which purpose each shall be asked whether it is his verdict. If more than one-sixth of the jurors answer in the negative, the jury shall be sent out for further deliberation…

When the verdict is given, and is such as the court may receive, and the jury is not again sent out, the clerk shall file the verdict. The verdict is then complete, and the jury shall be discharged from the case. The verdict shall be in writing, and under the direction of the cou…

In an action for the recovery of specific personal property, if the property has not been delivered to the plaintiff, or the defendant by his answer claims a return thereof, the jury shall assess the value of the property, if their verdict is in favor of the plaintiff or if they …