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Code · Virginia · Title 8.01 · Chapter 7

Code of Virginia § 8.01-274. Motion to strike defensive pleading in equity and at law; exceptions abolished.

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Exceptions to answers for insufficiency are abolished. The test of the sufficiency of any defensive pleading in any suit in equity or action at law shall be made by a motion to strike; if found insufficient, but amendable, the court may allow amendment on terms. If a second pleading is adjudged insufficient, the court may enter such judgment or decree or take such other action that it deems appropriate.
Code 1950, § 8-122; 1954, c. 605; 1977, c. 617; 1978, c. 336.
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