Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE — Pleadings — Surplus Averments May Be Disregarded

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

A pleader may disregard unnecessary or surplus averments and rely on more limited ones. Over-pleading does not force a party to prove every pleaded fact. The principle applies to civil pleadings. The rule allows parties to streamline their case at trial. The court will focus…

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