(a) Pleadings. (b) Motions and Other Papers. (c) Demurrers, Pleas, Etc., Abolished. 8. General Rules of Pleading. (a) Claims for Relief. (b) Defenses; Form of Denials. (c) Affirmative Defenses. (d) Effect of Failure to Deny. (e) Pleading to Be Concise and Direct; Consistency. (f) Construction of Pleadings. 9. Pleading Special Matters. (a) Capacity. (b) Fraud, Mistake, Condition of the Mind. (c) Conditions Precedent. (d) Official Document or Act. (e) Judgment. (f) Time and Place. (g) Special Damage. 10. Form of Pleadings. (a) Caption; Names of Parties. (b) Paragraphs; Separate Statements. (c) Adoption by Reference; Exhibits. 11. Signing of Pleadings. (a) Signature. (b) Representations to Court. (c) Sanctions. (1) How Initiated. (A) By Motion. (B) On Court’s Initiative. (2) Nature of Sanction; Limitations. (3) Order. (d) Applicability to Discovery. 12. Defenses and Objections—When and How Presented—By Pleading or Motion—Motion for Judgment on Pleadings. (a) When Presented. (b) How Presented. (c) Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. (d) Preliminary Hearings. (e) Motion for More Definite Statement. (f) Motion to Strike. (g) Consolidation of Defenses in Motion. (h) Waiver or Preservation of Certain Defenses. 13. Counterclaim and Cross-Claim. (a) Compulsory Counterclaims. (b) Permissive Counterclaims. (c) Counterclaim Exceeding Opposing Claim. (d) Counterclaim Against the State. (e) Counterclaim Maturing or Acquired After Pleading. (f) Omitted Counterclaim. (g) Cross-Claim Against Coparty. (h) Joinder of Additional Parties.

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