Mississippi Answers and Defenses
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13 (When pleadings deemed denied and put in issue). Under the codes the pleadings are generally limited. A reply is sometimes required to an affirmative defense in the answer.In other jurisdictions no reply is necessary to an affirmative defense in the answer, but a reply may be ordered by the court.
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.
The defendant may also raise counterclaims or affirmative defenses. If a defendant does raise counterclaims in her answer, the plaintiff must respond to those counterclaims with a pleading called an "answer to a counterclaim." The form and content of an "answer to a counterclaim" is similar to that of an answer.
Courts have developed a three part test in examining the affirmative defenses subject to a motion to strike: (1) the matter must be properly pleaded as an affirmative defense; (2) the matter must be adequately pleaded under the requirements of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 8 and 9; and (3) the matter must withstand
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