DMBM681760 - Ordinary Cause: Lodging defences by defender

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»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp defences must be lodged within 14 days after the expiry of the period of notice.

As well as lodging the defences in court the defender must send a copy of these to allother parties involved in the action.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp defences must be in the form of answers to the pursuer's averments detailed inthe initial writ followed by a note of the defenders pleas-in-law.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp answers (defences) should be numbered and these numbers should correspond with the numbers of the averments in the initial writ.