Mississippi Answer Of Defendants

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Answer of Defendants: This is an Answer and Affirmative Defenses filed in response to a Complaint which begins a lawsuit. This particular Answer is to be used in cases involving a Plaintiff who wishes to interplead the cause of action. In addition, this Answer is to be used in instances where property insurance payment is an issue. This form is available for download in both Word and Rich Text formats.
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The Rule 81 Summons is used when directing a person to appear in court on a date and time certain, like. a scheduled court hearing. It is used to provide notice to the Defendants in a lawsuit.

Each court has different rules about how long you have to respond to this motion, but usually you will have at least two or three weeks to file an opposition to the defendant's motion to dismiss.

Failure to Respond: If a defendant fails to answer the complaint or file a motion to dismiss within the time limit set forth in the summons, the defendant is in default. The plaintiff can ask the court clerk to make a note of that fact in the file, a procedure called entry of default.

The plaintiff must give you responses to your request for admissions within 30 days. You do not need to do anything if you do not get a response. The plaintiff has 30 days to deny or object to the statements.

There is no obligation to respond to alleged affirmative defenses....they can be contested at trial or summary judgment.

A defendant may respond in an answer that admits or denies each of the plaintiff's allegations in the complaint. The answer will list defenses and counter-claims or cross-claims against the plaintiff or other defendants. The answer will state whether the defendant wants a jury trial. The case will then continue.

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Four fundamental rules of pleading are; (1) Pleadings should state facts and not law; (2) The facts stated in pleadings should be material facts; (3) Pleadings should not state the evidence; and (4) The facts in pleadings should be stated in a concise form.

Four fundamental rules of pleading are; (1) Pleadings should state facts and not law; (2) The facts stated in pleadings should be material facts; (3) Pleadings should not state the evidence; and (4) The facts in pleadings should be stated in a concise form.

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Mississippi Answer Of Defendants