Rule 41 Issuance of Mandate: Stay of Mandate

(a) Date of Issuance. The mandate of the appellate division shall issue 21 days after the entry of judgment unless the time is shortened or enlarged by order. A certified copy of the judgment and a copy of the opinion, if any, and any direction as to costs shall constitute the mandate, unless the appellate division directs that a formal mandate issue. The timely filing of a petition for rehearing will not stay the mandate unless otherwise ordered by the appellate division. If the appellate division has stayed the mandate in order to consider the petition and then the petition is denied, the mandate shall issue 7 days after entry of the order denying the petition unless the time is shortened or enlarge by order.

(b) (OMITTED).