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Lancaster Cnty. C.P. Local Rules Interactive Book Rule 604
Opening Statements and Closing Arguments
A. Opening statements shall be limited to a brief statement of the party’s case
and the facts to be adduced in support thereof and shall not include any argument
concerning the facts or the law applicable thereto.
B. The length of closing arguments may be regulated by the trial judge, but
any time limitation shall be made known to all counsel before the closing arguments begin.
Provenance
- Source
- www.court.co.lancaster.pa.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-30
- Edition
- 2026-09-30
- Content hash
12227082754bdcd3dccc116f15e3dd782ac0953e0b97e24893ab198850d0275c
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