{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-23-17","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2B:23-17","heading":"Verdict by five-sixths of the jury","body":"In any civil trial by jury, at least five-sixths of the jurors shall render the verdict unless the parties stipulate that a smaller majority of jurors may render the verdict.\nSource: 2A:80-2\nL.1995,c.44,s.1.","path":["TITLE 2B COURT ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL CODE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"09a3c795b1436cc45dfdde747fab7a76bdef11a0fb5588af4c571338b3d0994d","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-23-16","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-23-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}