PARKER, Judge.
The principle of the right to trial by jury is basic to our system of jurisprudence and need not be reviewed here. "[T]rial by jury is one of the best securities of the rights of the people, and shall remain sacred and inviolable." N.C.Const., art. 1, § 25. Prior to the adoption of the Rules of Civil Procedure a party could waive that right by written consent, oral consent entered in the minutes, or by failing to appear. Rule 38 added a fourth...
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