Procedure where more than one referee
Rule 4316. Procedure where more than one referee. Where the reference is to more than one referee all must meet together and hear all the allegations and proofs of the parties; but a majority may appoint a time and place for the trial, decide any question which arises upon the trial, sign a report or settle a case. Any of them may administer an oath to a witness; and a majority of those present at a time and place appointed for the trial may adjourn the trial to a future day.
With multiple referees: all must meet together and hear all the proof. But a majority may set the trial time/place, decide questions, sign the report, or settle a case. Any one referee may swear in a witness, and a majority of those present may adjourn the trial. ★
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.