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...ate, or a political subdivision. (3) "Person" includes an individual, estate, trust, partnership, business or nonprofit entity, governmental unit, or other legal entity. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, this chapter applies to a cause of action asserted in a civil action against a person based on any of the following: (1) The person's communication in a legislative, executive, judicial, a...

... dismiss the civil action or claim. The court may extend the sixty-day period to file the motion for expedited relief for good cause shown.

...s, and other litigation expenses is not subject to a stay under this section. (E) A stay under this section does not affect a party's ability to voluntarily dismiss a cause of action or move to sever a cause of action for a separate trial. (F) During a stay under this section, the court for good cause may hear and rule on either of the following: (1) A motion unrelated to the motion for expedited relief; (2) ...

... part of a cause of action, that is the subject of a motion for expedited relief does not affect a moving party's right to obtain a ruling on the motion for the purpose of obtaining attorney's fees, court costs, and other litigation expenses under section 2747.05 of the Revised Code. (2) A voluntary dismissal with prejudice of a responding party's cause of action, or part of a cause of action, that is the subject o...

...(A) If the court grants a motion for expedited relief under section 2747.04 of the Revised Code, the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and other reasonable litigation expenses to the moving party. The court shall not fail to award, or reduce an award of, attorney's fees, court costs, and other reasonable litigation expenses under this division on the grounds that the representation of the mov...

...iformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact a substantially similar law.

...The definition of "magistrate" set forth in section 2931.01 of the Revised Code, and the definition of "peace officer," "prosecutor," and "offense" set forth in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code applies to Chapter 2938 of the Revised Code.

...r the age of eighteen years is made the subject of inquiry and for which special provision is made by Chapter 2151. or 2152. of the Revised Code, such matters shall be tried, adjusted, or disposed of pursuant to Chapter 2151. or 2152. of the Revised Code.

...The magistrate, or judge or clerk of court of record, shall set all criminal cases for a trial at a date not later than thirty days after plea is received, or in those cases in which the charge has been reduced on preliminary hearing or has been certified by another magistrate, then at a date not later than thirty days from fixing of charge or receipt of transcript as the case may be. Continuances beyond such date sh...

...In courts of record right to trial by jury as defined in section 2945.17 of the Revised Code shall be claimed by making demand in writing therefor and filing the same with the clerk of the court not less than three days prior to the date set for trial or on the day following receipt of notice whichever is the later. Failure to claim jury trial as provided in this section is a complete waiver of right thereto. In cour...

...ten waiver of jury but in such case the court may, if a jury has been summoned, require accused to pay all costs of mileage and fees of the summoned jurors for one day's service, notwithstanding the outcome of the case. No withdrawal of claim for jury shall effect any re-transfer of a case, once it has been certified to a court of record.

...If the number of jurors to be sworn in a case is not stated in the claim, the number to be sworn shall be twelve, but the accused may stipulate for a jury of six, provided in such case the number of pre-emptory challenges shall be limited to two on each side.

...The magistrate or judge of the trial court shall control all proceedings during a criminal trial and shall limit the introduction of evidence and argument of counsel to relevant and material matters with a view to expeditious and effective ascertainment of truth regarding the matters in issue.

...le doubt. In charging a jury the trial court shall state the meaning of the presumption of innocence and of reasonable doubt in each case.

...In the trial of any criminal case, the grounds of an objection to any ruling or action of the judge or magistrate shall be stated if required by him.

...hin the territorial jurisdiction of the court, and in ordinance cases within the municipality, except as to those offenses in which the court has county wide jurisdiction created by statute and as to those cases in which certification has been made pursuant to section 2937.08 of the Revised Code.

...an issue shall proceed before the trial court or jury as follows: (A) Counsel may state the case for the prosecution, including the evidence by which he expects to sustain it. (B) Counsel for the defendant may state his defense, including the evidence which he expects to offer. (C) The prosecution then shall produce all its evidence, and the defendant may follow with his evidence, but the court or magistrate, in t...

... tried for a misdemeanor, either to the court, or to a jury, upon request in writing, subscribed by him, may, with the consent of the judge or magistrate, be tried in his absence, but no right shall exist in the defendant to be so tried. If after trial commences a person being tried escapes or departs without leave, the trial shall proceed and verdict or finding be received and sentence passed as if he were personal...

...epresented by counsel may with leave of court, withdraw from the case. But the magistrate or judge shall not permit prosecution of any criminal case by private attorney employed or retained by a complaining witness.

...Jurors in courts of record inferior to the court of common pleas shall be drawn and summoned in the manner provided in the various acts creating such courts. But no challenge to the array shall be sustained in any case for the reason that some of the jurors are not residents of the territory of the court, if it appears that the jurors were regularly drawn and certified by the jury commissioners of county or mun...

...rovision is made by rule of the supreme court adopted pursuant to section 2937.46 of the Revised Code.

...essment. Such company or association is subject to sections 3919.01 to 3919.41, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...Every association transacting business under sections 3919.02 to 3919.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall hold and maintain, upon every contract of insurance issued on and after January 1, 1926, assets in excess of other liabilities, to provide for reserves of not less than the minimum reserves prescribed in such sections. The basis for minimum reserves under such sections is the American experience table of m...

...Under any contract providing, in addition to the regular contributions, for the payment currently of additional contributions to the extent needed to pay its share of claims and expenses and to maintain the tabular reserves required by sections 3919.02 to 3919.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or requiring any such additional amount to be charged as an indebtedness not exceeding the tabular reserves on the contract...

...The assets representing the reserves on all contracts issued on an after January 1, 1926, and on such other contracts as the association organized under section 3919.01 of the Revised Code designates upon which a reserve at least equal to the minimum reserve prescribed in section 3919.02 of the Revised Code has been accumulated, shall be held separate for the sole use and benefit of such contracts and the insured and...