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Several Matters may be pleaded at any Stage of the Pleadings.
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LVII. The Plaintiff in any Action may, by Leave of the Court or a Judge, plead in answer to the Defence or the subsequent Pleading of the Defendant as many several Matters as he shall think necessary to sustain his Action; and the Defendant in any Action may, by Leave of the Court or a Judge, plead in answer to the Summons and Plaint or other subsequent Pleading of the Plaintiff as many several Matters as he shall think necessary for his Defence, upon an Affidavit of the Party making such Application or his Attorney, if required by the Court or a Judge, to the effect that he is advised and believes that he has just Ground to traverse the several Matters proposed to be traversed by him, and that the several Matters sought to be pleaded as aforesaid by way of Confession and Avoidance are respectively true in Substance and in Fact.
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