Supreme Court Rules - Rule 55 - Rules of Civil Procedure - Rules Governing Civil Procedure in the Circuit Courts - Pleadings, Motions, and Hearings: Defenses

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		Section/Rule:	55.07
Subject:	Rule 55 - Rules of Civil Procedure - Rules Governing Civil Procedure in the Circuit Courts - Pleadings, Motions, and Hearings	Publication / Adopted Date:	January 19, 1973
Topic:	Defenses - Form of Denials	Revised / Effective Date:	January 1, 1994

55.07. Defenses - Form of Denials

If a responding party has knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of an averment, the party shall admit or deny the specific averment. If the responding party is without knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of a specific averment, the party shall so state, and this has the effect of a denial. Denials shall fairly meet the substance of the averments denied. When a party intends in good faith to deny only a part or a qualification of an averment, the party shall specify so much of it as is true and shall deny only the remainder. A party shall respond to all specific averments as provided in this Rule 55.07 and shall not generally deny all the specific averments.

(Adopted Jan. 19, 1973, eff. Sept. 1, 1973. Amended June 1, 1993, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.)