§ Rule 48 Number of Jurors; Verdict

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Rule 48. Number of Jurors; Verdict

    (a) Stipulation. The parties may stipulate that the jury will consist of any number fewer than nine or that a verdict or finding of a stated majority of the jurors will be taken as the verdict or finding of the jury.

    (b) Jury of six. In all civil actions in which a jury is impaneled, the jury must consist of six qualified jurors, unless any party
entitled to do so makes a written demand for a jury of nine in accordance with Rule 38.

    (c) Polling.After a verdict is returned but before the jury is discharged, the court must on a party's request, or may on its own, poll the jurors individually. If the poll reveals a lack of unanimity or lack of assent by the number of jurors that the parties stipulated to, the court may direct the jury to deliberate further or may order a new trial.