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Rule 302. Applicability of federal law in civil actions and proceedings

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North Carolina Court Rules › North Carolina Rules of Evidence › N.C. R. Evid. 302

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In civil actions and proceedings, the effect of a presumption respecting a fact which is an element of a claim or defense as to which federal law supplies the rule of decision is determined in accordance with federal law. (1983, c. 701, s. 1.)

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