Nebraska Statutes 48-809. Commission; powers
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The commission may adopt all reasonable and proper regulations to govern its proceedings, the filing of pleadings, the issuance and service of process, and the issuance of subpoenas for attendance of witnesses, may administer oaths, and may regulate the mode and manner of all its investigations, inspections, hearings, and trials. Except as otherwise provided in the Industrial Relations Act or the State Employees Collective Bargaining Act, in the taking of evidence, the rules of evidence, prevailing in the trial of civil cases in Nebraska, shall be observed by the commission.
Source
- Laws 1947, c. 178, § 9, p. 590;
- Laws 2011, LB397, § 5.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 48-809
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.