270. Two or more actions between the same parties, brought and inscribed before the same court, in which the questions are substantially the same or for matters which might properly be combined in one action, may be consolidated by order of the court, upon such terms as are deemed proper and provided that, where the rules of practice require the filing of a certificate of readiness, the certificate has been filed.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 270; 1984, c. 26, s. 8.