Rule 2 - One Form of ActionThere is one form of action -- the civil action.
Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of November 29 30, 1979, page 2; Rule 2, FRCivP.
EXPLANATORY NOTE Rule 2 was amended, effective 3/1/2011. This rule is identical to Fed.R.Civ.P. 2 and provides for one form of action to be known as a "civil action." The old forms of action have been abolished, as has the distinction between "law" and "equity" cases. Even though one form of action has been substituted for actions at law and in equity, a distinction persists so far as the right to a jury trial is concerned. Article I, § 13 of the North Dakota Constitution preserves trial by jury in all cases in which it could have been demanded as a matter of right at common law. Rule 2 was amended, effective 3/1/2011, in response to the12/1/2007, revision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The language and organization of the rule were changed to make the rule more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules. STATUTES AFFECTED: SUPERSEDED: 32 0109, NDRC 1943. Rule 8 (General Rules of Pleading), N.D.R.Civ.P.