{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-28-14-10","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 28-14-10","heading":"Order of trial","body":"When the jurors have been sworn, the trial must proceed in the following order, unless the judge for special reasons directs otherwise:\n1.The plaintiff, after stating the issue and the plaintiff's case, shall produce the evidence on the plaintiff's part;\n2.The defendant then may open the defendant's defense and offer the defendant's evidence in support thereof;\n3.The parties then respectively may offer rebutting evidence only, unless the court, for good reasons in furtherance of justice, permits them to offer evidence upon their original case;\n4.The court may charge the jury when the evidence is concluded or after the argument, if any, of the plaintiff and defendant;\n5.Unless the case is submitted to the jury on either or both sides without argument, the plaintiff shall commence and may conclude the argument; and\n6.If several defendants having separate defenses appear by different counsel, the court shall determine their relative order in the evidence and argument.","path":["Title 28 Judicial Procedure, Civil","Chapter 28-14 Trial By Jury"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t28c14.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"1dabe7c729d12888da85b4976ee217b0517811b5667c540cc38fa6cb8c781546","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-28-14-09","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-28-14-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}