Pleadings in Europe
Definition of Pleadings
Written or printed statements delivered alternately by the parties to one another, until the questions of facts and law to be decided in an action have been ascertained, i. e., until issue is joined. The pleadings delivered (a) by the plaintiff, (b) by the defendant, are as follows : (1) (a) Statement of claim ; (b) defence. (2) (a) Reply ; (b) rejoinder. (3) (a) Surrejoinder ; (b) rebutter. (4) (a) Surrebutter. A counterclaim may be included with the defence. No reply or subsequent pleading shall be delivered except by leave of a Master. See Orders XIX XXIII ; Amendment
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Definition of Pleadings is, temporally, from A Concise Law Dictionary (1927). This page needs to be proofread.
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