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title: Rule 25 - Interrogatories to Parties
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    A(("<i>Ex parte</i> motion<br>(R25 S1)")) -->|Leave of court| B["Serve <b>written interrogatories</b><br>to be answered by the party served<br>(R25 S1)"]

    B-->B1{"Objections?"}

    B1 -->|No| C["Interrogatories shall be answered<br>fully in <b>writing</b><br>(R25 S2)"]

    C -->|within 15 CD after service| D(["File and serve a copy of the answers<br>on the party submitting the interrogatories<br>(R25 S2)"])

    B1 -->|Yes, within 10 CD after service| E["Objections to interrogatories<br>(R25 S3)"]

    E --> F["With notice, answers shall be deferred<br>until the objections are resolved<br>(R25 S3)"]

    F -->|Objections are resolved| C

Rule 25 - INTERROGATORIES TO PARTIES

R25 S1. Interrogatories to parties; service thereof — Upon ex parte motion, any party desiring to elicit material and relevant facts from any adverse parties shall file and serve upon the latter written interrogatories to be answered by the party served or, if the party served is a public or private corporation or a partnership or association, by any officer thereof competent to testify in its behalf.

R25 S2. Answer to interrogatories. — The interrogatories shall be answered fully in writing and shall be signed and sworn to by the person making them. The party upon whom the interrogatories have been served shall file and serve a copy of the answers on the party submitting the interrogatories within fifteen calendar days after service thereof, unless the court, on motion and for good cause shown, extends or shortens the time.

R25 S3. Objections to interrogatories. — Objections to any interrogatories may be presented to the court within ten calendar days after service thereof, with notice as in case of a motion; and answers shall be deferred until the objections are resolved, which shall be at as early a time as is practicable.

R25 S4. Number of interrogatories. — No party may, without leave of court, serve more than one set of interrogatories to be answered by the same party.

R25 S5. Scope and use of interrogatories. — Interrogatories may relate to any matters that can be inquired into under Section 2 of Rule 23, and the answers may be used for the same purposes provided in Section 4 of the same Rule.

R25 S6. Effect of failure to serve written interrogatories. — Unless thereafter allowed by the court for good cause shown and to prevent a failure of justice, a party not served with written interrogatories may not be compelled by the adverse party to give testimony in open court, or to give a deposition pending appeal.