defendant's answer

The reply is a response by plaintiff to defendant's answer.

The court may order a reply to this third-party defendant's answer.

The defendant's answer is due in seven days.

Rule 8(c) requires that the defendant's answer must state any affirmative defenses.

The defendant's answers will determine follow up questions, items for further investigation or corroboration, and, ultimately, whether the data should be included in the report.

The judge will then set a deadline for the plaintiff to answer the defendant's answer with a written pleading.

Rule 8(b) states that the defendant's answer must admit or deny every element of the plaintiff's claim.

The defendant's answer to an indictment was not accepted unless it was signed by counsel.

Although a plaintiff may demur to a defendant's answer to a complaint or the defendant's affirmative defenses, a demurrer to an answer is less common because it may be a poor strategic move.

The defendant's answer raised as one of its defenses lack of subject matter jurisdiction: It asserted that the child Shane was its employee as defined by the Workers' Compensation Act and that the Industrial Commission accordingly had exclusive jurisdiction over plaintiffs' claim.

After an evidentiary hearing, Alba issued a 117-page report and recommendation on the discovery, finding that defendant had intentionally destroyed evidence, recommending that the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's complaint be stricken and default entered against the defendant, and ordered the defendant to pay the plaintiff's attorney fees in the sum of $294,694.