2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 52 - Civil Actions
Chapter 897 - Parties and Appearances
Section 52-82 - Withdrawal when court not in session or before return day.
The plaintiff may withdraw a civil action when the Superior Court is not in session or at any time before the return day, by filing in the clerk’s office a written notice of the withdrawal, signed by himself or his attorney, specifying the action withdrawn and the time of withdrawal. The clerk shall enter the action on the docket of the court, at or before its next return day, with a note of the withdrawal and of its date.
(1949 Rev., S. 7803; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 37; P.A. 76-436, S. 402, 681; P.A. 82-160, S. 31.)
History: 1967 act substituted “when the court is not sitting” for reference to court’s being “in vacation”; P.A. 76-436 removed actions returnable to court of common pleas from purview of section, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section.
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