Pleadings

LXVII Commencement of Plea.

No formal Defence shall be required in a Plea, or Avowry, or Cognizance, and it shall commence as follows, or to the like Effect:

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and it shall not be necessary to state in a Second or other Plea, or Avowry, or Cognizance, that it is pleaded by Leave of the Court or a Judge, or according to the Form of the Statute, or to that Effect; but every such Plea, Avowry, or Cognizance shall be written in a separate Paragraph, and numbered, and shall commence as follows, or to the like Effect:

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or if pleaded to Part only, then as follows, or to the like Effect:

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and no formal Conclusion shall be necessary to any Plea, Avowry, Cognizance, or subsequent Pleading.