Rule 85.Title
Last amended December 1, 2007 · Last verified June 30, 2026
In one sentenceRule 85 supplies the official short title for the rules, providing that they may be known and cited as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure — the citation form used throughout federal practice.
Full Text of Rule 85
These rules may be cited as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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Amendment History
(Amended April 30, 2007, effective December 1, 2007.)
Plain-English Summary
Rule 85 names the work. It provides that these rules may be known and cited as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. That short title is the source of the abbreviation used everywhere in federal litigation — “Fed. R. Civ. P.” or, for short, “Rule __” — when lawyers and courts cite a rule in this collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the official name of these rules?
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the title Rule 85 gives them for citation.
What abbreviation comes from Rule 85's title?
“Fed. R. Civ. P.,” the citation form used throughout federal practice and on this site, along with the shorthand “Rule __” for an individual rule.
Source & verification. The rule text and amendment history are reproduced verbatim from the
official Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Fed. R. Civ. P. 85), a public-domain work of the U.S. Government.
Prescribed by the United States Supreme Court under the Rules Enabling Act. The plain-English summary is original and written by us. Last verified June 30, 2026. ·
Official source
Also known as: FRCP 85Fed. R. Civ. P. 85titleFederal Rules of Civil Procedure citation