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Code · Washington · Title 4 — Civil Procedure · Chapter 4.36

RCW 4.36.170

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A material allegation in a pleading is one essential to the claim or defense, and which could not be stricken from the pleading without leaving it insufficient.
[Code 1881 s 104; 1877 p 22 s 104 ; 1854 p 143 s 65 ; RRS s 298.]
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