Arkansas § 14-123-414 Trial date - Continuance

Arkansas Statutes

§ 14-123-414 — Trial date - Continuance

Arkansas § 14-123-414

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Ark. Code Ann. § 14-123-414 (2026).

Text

(a)The suit shall stand for trial at the first term of the court after complaint may be filed, if four (4) weeks in the case of a nonresident or unknown defendant as set out in § 14-123-413 , or twenty (20) days in the case of resident defendants as set out in § 14-123-413 , shall expire either before the first day of the term or during the term of the court to which the suits are brought, respectively, unless a continuance is granted for good cause shown within the discretion of the court.

(b)Continuances for good cause shown may be granted as to a part of the lands of defendants without affecting the duty of the court to dispose finally of the others as to whom no such continuances may be granted.

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(a) The suit shall stand for trial at the first term of the court after complaint may be filed, if four (4) weeks in the case of a nonresident or unknown defendant as set out in § 14-123-413 , or twenty (20) days in the case of resident defendants as set out in § 14-123-413 , shall expire either before the first day of the term or during the term of the court to which the suits are brought, respectively, unless a continuance is granted for good cause shown within the discretion of the court. (b) Continuances for good cause shown may be granted as to a part of the lands of defendants without affecting the duty of the court to dispose finally of the others as to whom no such continuances may be granted.