ANSWER AND

COUNTERCLAIM
DEMURRER TO
COMPLAINT
BILL OF PARTICULARS

TWO CATEGORIES
 SUBSTANTIVE LAW

ADJECTIVE LAW/PROCEDURAL LAW

LAW OF PLEADINGS

LAW OF PRACTICE

LAW OF EVIDENCE
 SUMMONS
embodies the legal rules that affect the
procedure followed in bringing the parties
to a suit into court and the course of action
of the court after the parties have been
brought in.

determines what testimony should legally

be admitted into court records.
is a detailed, formal, written statement of
charges or claims by a plaintiff or the
prosecutor given upon the defendant’s
formal request to the court for more
detailed information.

defines the rights and duties of an

individual in his relations with the state
and with his fellows.
It describes the proper what, when and
how to bring the controversy into judicial
consideration and judgement.

describes and regulates the proper nature

of the form and content of the documents
that bring all the facts of a case on which
the plaintiff may base a claim to the
attention of the court and to the attention
of the party that is being sued.