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90_SB1432

      735 ILCS 5/2-603          from Ch. 110, par. 2-603
          Amends the Civil Practice Law within the  Code  of  Civil
      Procedure.    Makes stylistic changes in a Section concerning
      pleadings.
                                                     LRB9011379DJcd
                                               LRB9011379DJcd
 1        AN ACT to amend the Code of Civil Procedure  by  changing
 2    Section 2-603.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Code of Civil  Procedure  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 2-603 as follows:
 7        (735 ILCS 5/2-603) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-603)
 8        Sec. 2-603. Form of pleadings.
 9        (a)  All  pleadings  shall  contain  a  plain and concise
10    statement of the pleader's  cause  of  action,  counterclaim,
11    defense, or reply.
12        (b)  Each  separate cause of action upon which a separate
13    recovery might be had shall be stated in a separate count  or
14    counterclaim,   as   the   case   may  be.  and  Each  count,
15    counterclaim, defense, or reply, shall be separately pleaded,
16    designated, and numbered, and  each  shall  be  divided  into
17    paragraphs  numbered  consecutively.,  Each  paragraph  shall
18    contain  containing, as nearly as possible may be, a separate
19    allegation.
20        (c)  Pleadings shall be liberally construed with  a  view
21    to doing substantial justice between the parties.
22    (Source: P.A. 82-280.)

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