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		Section/Rule:	55.24
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:	Pleadings, How Construed	Revised / Effective Date:	September 1, 1973

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55.24. Pleadings, How Construed

All pleadings shall be so construed as to do substantial justice.

(Adopted Jan. 19, 1973, eff. Sept. 1, 1973.)

Committee Note - 1974

This is the same as prior Rule 55.26.
Compare: Rule 8(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.