7 CFR § 900.56 - Consolidated hearings.

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title: "7 CFR § 900.56 - Consolidated hearings."
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title_name: "Agriculture"
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section_name: "Consolidated hearings."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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# 900.56 Consolidated hearings.

At the discretion of the judge, hearings upon two or more petitions pertaining to the same order may be consolidated, and the evidence taken at such consolidated hearing may be embodied in a single record.