Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1853

Form and Nature of Defence and subsequent Pleadings.

LVI. The Defence and Replication and subsequent Pleadings, if any, shall state all Facts which constitute the Ground of the Defence or Reply in ordinary Language, and without Repetition, and as concisely as is possible consistent with Clearness; and if such Defence or subsequent Pleading is only applicable to a Portion of the preceding Pleading, the Portion to which it is applicable shall be shortly referred to.