Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

• Title I. Scope of Rules; Form of Action
• Title II. Commencing an Action; Service of Process, Pleadings, Motions, and Orders
• Title III. Pleadings and Motions
• Title IV. Parties
• Title V. Disclosures and Discovery
• Title VI. Trials
• Title VII. Judgment
• Title VIII. Provisional and Final Remedies
• Title IX. Special Proceedings
• Title X. District Courts and Clerks: Conduction Business; Issuing Orders
• Title XII. General Provisions
• Appendix of Forms

Civil procedure consists of the rules by which courts conduct civil trials. In the U.S., civil procedure usually takes the form of a series of rules and judicial practices. The federal courts follow the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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These rules govern the conduct of all criminal proceedings brought in Federal courts.

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