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N.J. Ct. R. 2:6-10
Format of Briefs and Other Papers
(a) All briefs, petitions, and motions must be in the following format unless otherwise provided by Administrative Directive: Each page shall be 8.5 inches by 11 inches. All briefs, petitions, and motions shall be double-spaced and use Times New Roman or a similar font in 14 point with character spacing expanded by 0.3 points. Footnotes and indented quotations may be single-spaced.
(b) When a compressed transcript format is used, two transcript pages may be reproduced on a single page, provided that no compressed page contains more than 25 lines of no more than 55 characters including spaces, each of no less than 9-pitch type. Except for compressed transcript format pages, margins shall be approximately one inch. Papers on file or in evidence may be reproduced.
(c) Any documents, pleadings or other filings that are submitted in any fashion other than electronic filing shall be securely fastened, either bound along the left margin or stapled in the upper left-hand corner.
History
Note: Source – R.R. 1:7-10. Amended July 7, 1971 to be effective September 13, 1971; amended July 14, 1992 to be effective September 1, 1992; amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994; amended July 5, 2000 to be effective September 5, 2000; amended and divided into paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) August 5, 2022 to be effective September 1, 2022.
Provenance
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- 2026-09-14
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- 2026-09-14
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