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Rule 4(h) provides that if service is not made upon a defendant within 120 days after the filing of the complaint, the claims against that defendant will be dismissed without prejudice absent good cause for the failure to timely serve the defendant.

Rule 40 - Assignment of Cases for Trial (a) Methods. Courts shall provide for placing of actions upon the trial calendar (1) without request of the parties; or (2) upon request of a party and notice to the other parties; or, (3) in such other manner as the court deems expedient.

Rule 40 - Petition for Rehearing (a)Time for Filing; Content; Answer; Action by Court if Granted. A motion for rehearing may be filed within 14 days after a decision is handed down on the merits of a case by the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals.

Rule 55 provides: If, in order to enable the judge to enter judgment or to carry it into effect, it is necessary to take an account or to determine the amount of damages or to establish the truth of any averment by evidence or to take an investigation of any other matter, the judge may conduct such hearings or order ...

Rule 55 - Default (a) Entry. When a party against whom a judgment for affirmative relief is sought has failed to plead or otherwise defend as provided by these rules and that fact is made to appear by affidavit or otherwise, the clerk shall enter his default. (b) Judgment.

When several reliefs are combined in one application, the Court may direct the applicant to confine the application only to one of such reliefs unless the reliefs are "consequential" and to file a separate application in respect of each of the others. ; Impleading of third party and for consequential amendment of ...