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(B) A party must serve an answer to a counterclaim or crossclaim within 21 days after being served with the pleading that states the counterclaim or crossclaim.
A defendant who is charged with an offense which is punishable by imprisonment for a term of more than six (6) months shall be advised by the Court, at the time of the defendant's initial appearance, that the defendant has a right to trial by jury in the first instance, but in the event the defendant chooses to waive ...
Failure by any person without adequate excuse to obey a subpoena served upon that person may be deemed a contempt of the court in which the action is pending.
Rule 12 - Pleadings and Motions before Trial-defenses and Objections. (a)Pleadings and Motions. Pleadings in criminal proceedings shall be the indictment, information, or complaint, and the pleas of not guilty, guilty and nolo contendere.
You should respond to the counterclaim as though it were a Statement of Claim and you were drafting a Defence: respond to every paragraph ? you can do this paragraph by paragraph if necessary; deny any allegations of fact that you do not admit ? you will be deemed to admit facts that you forget to plead to; and.
The defence to a counterclaim must deal with every allegation made by the defendant in the counterclaim by either admission, denial or making no admission. The counterclaim is drafted following the same rules as the defence, for details on drafting the defence - please see our previous Article in this series.
(B) A party must serve an answer to a counterclaim or crossclaim within 21 days after being served with the pleading that states the counterclaim or crossclaim.
The plaintiff shall serve a reply to a counterclaim in the answer within twenty (20) days after service of the answer or, if a reply is ordered by the court, within twenty (20) days after service of the order, unless the order otherwise directs.