Actions may be instituted against defendants designated by an initial letter or letters or a contraction of a given first name or names. Neither final judgment nor notice or certificate of indebtedness shall, however, be entered or filed against a defendant so designated unless either the defendant has been designated as provided by R. 4:26-5 or the plaintiff amends the complaint to state at least one full given name of the defendant or the court otherwise orders.
Note: Source-R.R. 7.4-5 (second paragraph). Amended July 7, 1971 to be effective September 3, 1971; caption and text amended July 24, 1978 to be effective September 11, 1978.
