271. The court may also order that several actions brought and inscribed before it, whether or not involving the same parties, be tried at the same time and decided on the same evidence; it may also order that the evidence in one be used in another or that one be tried and decided first and the others meanwhile stayed.
Where the rules of practice provide for the issue of a certificate of readiness, the order of the court shall regard only those actions for which the certificate has been issued.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 271; 1984, c. 26, s. 9; 1994, c. 28, s. 12.