No formal defense shall be required in a plea. It may commence as follows:"The defendant says that."
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 56. Pleading and Practice
§56-4-4. Continuance at Rules in Absence of Clerk
§56-4-5. What Rules May Require
§56-4-6. Time for Appearance; Rule to File Declaration; Nonsuit for Nonprosecution; Damages
§56-4-7. Dismissal for Failure to File Declaration or Bill
§56-4-8. Return to Show Defendant's Nonresidence; Abatement as to Nonresident Not Served
§56-4-9. Minors May Sue by Next Friend or Guardian; Substitution of Plaintiffs
§56-4-11. Transfer of Cases From Law to Equity and Vice Versa
§56-4-12. Abatement for Want of Form in Declaration
§56-4-13. Unnecessary Averments in Trespass on the Case
§56-4-14. Allegations of Place Where Contract Was Made or Act Done
§56-4-15. Averments as to Jurisdiction; Profert; Oyer
§56-4-16. Allegations Not Traversable nor Requiring Proof
§56-4-17. Form of Declaration or Count on Insurance Policy
§56-4-18. Filing Account in Assumpsit
§56-4-19. Statement of Particulars of Claim
§56-4-20. Statement of Particulars of Defense
§56-4-21. Plea in Action on Insurance Policy; Statement Specifying Particular Defense
§56-4-24. Right to Amend in General
§56-4-25. Amended Declaration or Bill, Supplemental Bill or Bill of Revivor in Vacation
§56-4-26. Amendment After Demurrer Is Sustained
§56-4-27. Amendment to Cure Variance Between Pleading and Proof
§56-4-28. Continuance and Costs After Amendment
§56-4-29. Plea in Abatement -- Misnomer; Amendment Inserting Correct Name
§56-4-31. Same -- Plea in Abatement for Want of Jurisdiction
§56-4-33. Same -- Time for Filing Plea in Abatement
§56-4-34. Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
§56-4-35. Verdict and Judgment as to Particular Defendants; Costs
§56-4-37. Defects Disregarded on Demurrer
§56-4-38. Pleading in Abatement and in Bar at Same Time; Trial of Issues
§56-4-39. Pleading Several Defenses; Demurrer and Special Replications to Special Plea
§56-4-40. Commencement of Plea
§56-4-41. Unnecessary Allegations in Pleas, etc.
§56-4-42. Omission of Protestation
§56-4-43. Conclusion of Traverse
§56-4-44. When Parties May Proceed Without Similiter or Joinder in Demurrer
§56-4-45. Unnecessary Allegations in Second or Other Plea
§56-4-46. Pleading Denying Execution of Writing or Entry or Genuineness of Judgment or Decree
§56-4-47. Plea Denying Partnership; Form of Denial of Corporate Existence
§56-4-48. Judgment or Decree by Confession
§56-4-50. When Inquiry of Damages Unnecessary
§56-4-51. Office Judgment; Affidavits by Plaintiff and Defendant; Judgment
§56-4-52. Setting Aside Office Judgment; Trial
§56-4-53. Hearing as to Defendants Served; Discontinuance
§56-4-54. Form of Bill of Complaint
§56-4-55. Jury Trial of Issue Upon Plea in Equity
§56-4-57. Time to Answer in General
§56-4-58. Claim in Answer for Affirmative Relief; Special Reply
§56-4-59. Answer Asking Affirmative Relief Equivalent to Crossbill
§56-4-60. Admissions in Equity by Failure to Deny
§56-4-61. Proof of Allegations Denied by Answer
§56-4-62. Verification of Pleadings in Equity
§56-4-63. Appearance of Corporation by Attorney; Verification of Pleading of Corporation
§56-4-64. Form of Verification of Pleading
§56-4-66. Attachment or Order to Answer Interrogatories
§56-4-67. Insufficient Answer After Rule
§56-4-68. Setting Cause in Equity for Hearing
§56-4-69. Hearing as to One Defendant; Rule to Mature Cause
§56-4-70. Control by Court Over Proceedings in Office During Vacation