RULE 14. THIRD-PARTY PRACTICE
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Rule 14 was amended, effective March 1, 1990. This rule is similar to Rule 14, FRCivP, except for the deletion in subdivisions (a) and (b) of procedures for admiralty and maritime third-party cases and the insertion of subdivision (c), a provision for service of the third-party summons and complaint.
Rule 14 was amended, effective March 1, 1990. The amendments are technical in nature and no substantive change is intended.
SOURCES: Procedure Committee Minutes of April 20, 1989, page 2; December 3, 1987, page 11; September 20-21, 1979, page 10; Rule 14, FRCivP.
CROSS-REFERENCE: Rules 4 (Persons Subject to Jurisdiction-Process-Service), 5 (Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers), 8 (General Rules of Pleading, 12 (Defenses and Objections-When and How Presented-By Pleading or Motion-Motion for Judgment on Pleadings), and 13 (Counterclaim and Cross-Claim), NDRCivP.