DCR 5

Scope, construction, and application of rules

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Rule 5. Scope, construction, and application of rules. These rules shall be liberally construed to
secure the proper and efficient administration of the business and affairs of
the court and to promote and facilitate the administration of justice by the
court.

 These rules cover the practice and procedure in all
actions in the district courts of all districts where no local rule covering
the same subject has been approved by the supreme court. Local rules which are
approved for a particular judicial district shall be applied in each instance
whether they are the same as or inconsistent with these rules.

 [Added; effective January 1, 1980.]

Verbatim from the official publication; the only normalization is removal of the publisher's page headers. Verify against the official source for filing-critical use — court publications change without notice.