§ RULE 79. BOOKS AND RECORDS KEPT BY THE PROTHONOTARY

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RULE 79. BOOKS AND RECORDS KEPT BY THE PROTHONOTARY

(a) Docket. The Prothonotary shall keep a docket containing all civil actions filed and each action shall be assigned a consecutive file number. The file number of each action shall be noted on the folio of the docket wherein the first entry of the action is made. All pleadings, motions, briefs and other papers filed with the Prothonotary, all process issued and returns made thereon, all appearances, orders, verdicts and judgments shall be noted chronologically in the docket on the folio assigned to the action. Such notation shall be brief, but shall show the nature of the paper filed or writ issued and the substance of each order of the Court and of each return of execution of process. The notation of an order or judgment shall include the date the notation is made.

(b) Notation of Judicial Action. The Prothonotary shall make appropriate docket entries noting briefly judicial action in every matter whenever it occurs. Such entry shall include the following:

(1) Oral Argument: The date, the name of the Judge and the subject matter.

(2) Trial: The date, the name of the Judge and the elapsed trial time.

(3) Verdict or Judgment: The date and the name of the Judge.

(4) Opinions: The date of filing, the subject matter, the name of the Judge and the fact, if it be a fact, that the opinion was filed without oral argument.

(c) Other Books and Records of the Prothonotary. The Prothonotary shall also keep such other books and records as may be required from time to time by the judges of the Superior Court or the Superior Court administrator.