Sequence of trial
Rule 4011. Sequence of trial. The court may determine the sequence in which the issues shall be tried and otherwise regulate the conduct of the trial in order to achieve a speedy and unprejudiced disposition of the matters at issue in a setting of proper decorum.
The court may set the order in which issues are tried and generally regulate the conduct of the trial to get a speedy and unprejudiced disposition with proper decorum. ★ (The judge is the traffic cop.)
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.