Pa.R.C.P.

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Pa.R.C.P. refers to the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, which govern civil court practice and procedure in Pennsylvania state courts.

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Pa.R.C.P. canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf body of procedural law ⓘ
civil procedure rules ⓘ
court rule ⓘ
appliesTo Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania state courts

civil actions ⓘ
authorityBasis Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ
statutory authority granted by Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
bindingOn Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
surface form: courts of common pleas in Pennsylvania

magisterial district courts in Pennsylvania when specified by rule ⓘ
citationAbbreviation Pa.R.C.P. ⓘ
contains rules on appeals from compulsory arbitration awards ⓘ
rules on class actions in Pennsylvania state courts ⓘ
rules on commencement of actions ⓘ
rules on compulsory arbitration in certain civil cases ⓘ
rules on joinder of parties ⓘ
rules on pre-trial conferences ⓘ
rules on summary judgment ⓘ
rules on venue in civil actions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
fullName Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure
governs civil court practice in Pennsylvania ⓘ
civil procedure in Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
discovery in civil cases ⓘ
judgment procedure in civil cases ⓘ
motion practice in civil cases ⓘ
pleadings in civil cases ⓘ
post-trial practice in civil cases ⓘ
service of process in civil cases ⓘ
trial procedure in civil cases ⓘ
jurisdiction Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
language English ⓘ
legalDomain civil procedure ⓘ
legalSystem United States common law system ⓘ
promulgatedBy Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
purpose to ensure fair and efficient resolution of civil disputes in Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
to provide uniform procedures for civil litigation in Pennsylvania state courts ⓘ
relatedTo Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure ⓘ
Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence ⓘ
Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
subjectTo amendment by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
usedBy Pennsylvania appellate courts in reviewing civil procedure issues ⓘ
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania trial courts

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