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Philadelphia Cnty. C.P. Municipal Court-Civil Rule 117
Applications
a. Applications, including amendments of a complaint, may be made orally or in writing at the
time of trial. Ap plications, including amendments of a complaint, may be made without the
presence of all parties, provided that notice of the same was served upon all parties no less than
ten (10) days prior to trial.
b. Written applications alleging facts not of record shall be verified by affidavit.
c. All applications after trial or other disposition shall be in writing.
d. No written answer need to be made to any application.
e. Annexed to every written application shall be proposed order for relief.
f. Following the opening of judgment upon written appli cation, trial shall immediately proceed.
Notice of this procedure shall appear conspicuously on the Rule to Show Cause in the upper left
hand corner, in the following form: “Pursuant to Local Rule 117(f), trial shall immediately proceed
if the judgment is opened.”
Provenance
- Source
- courts.phila.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-30
- Edition
- 2026-09-30
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