Duration of trial
Rule 4014. Duration of trial. Notwithstanding the expiration of the term at which it was commenced, a trial shall continue until it is completed.
Even if the court's term expires, a trial continues until it is completed. ★ (The calendar doesn't cut a trial short.)
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.