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2020 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations
Chapter 509 - Pleadings
Section 509.120 Averments, how made.
Universal Citation: MO Rev Stat § 509.120 (2020)
Effective - 28 Aug 1943
509.120. Averments, how made. — All averments of claim or defense shall be made in numbered paragraphs, the contents of each of which shall be limited as far as practicable to a statement of a single set of circumstances; and a paragraph may be referred to by number in all succeeding pleadings. Each claim founded upon a separate transaction or occurrence and each defense other than denials shall be stated in a separate count or defense whenever a separation facilitates the clear presentation of the matters set forth.
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(L. 1943 p. 353 § 43)
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