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Rules of Domestic Relations Procedure Domestic Relations Procedure Rule 42: Consolidation: Separate trials
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(a) Courts other than District Court: Consolidation
When actions involving a common question of law or fact are pending before the court, in the same county or different counties, it may order a joint hearing or trial of any or all the matters in issue in the actions; it may order all the actions consolidated; and it may make such orders concerning proceedings therein as may tend to avoid unnecessary costs or delay.
Identical to Mass.R.Civ.P. 42(a)
(b) Courts other than District Court: Separate trials
The court, in furtherance of convenience or to avoid prejudice, or when separate trials will be conducive to expedition and economy, may order a separate trial in the county where the action is pending or in a different county of any claim, cross-claim, counterclaim, or third-party claim, or of any separate issue or of any number of claims, cross-claims, counterclaims, third-party claims, or issues, always preserving inviolate the right of trial by jury as declared by the constitution of this Commonwealth or as set forth in a statute.
Identical to Mass.R.Civ.P. 42(b)
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