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Fed. R. Civ. P. 10
Form of Pleadings
(a) CAPTION; NAMES OF PARTIES. Every pleading must have a caption with the court’s name, a title, a file number, and a Rule 7(a)
designation. The title of the complaint must name all the parties;
the title of other pleadings, after naming the first party on each
side, may refer generally to other parties.
(b) PARAGRAPHS; SEPARATE STATEMENTS. A party must state its
claims or defenses in numbered paragraphs, each limited as far as
practicable to a single set of circumstances. A later pleading may
refer by number to a paragraph in an earlier pleading. If doing so
would promote clarity, each claim founded on a separate transaction or occurrence—and each defense other than a denial—must
be stated in a separate count or defense.
18 Rule 11 FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
(c) ADOPTION BY REFERENCE; EXHIBITS. A statement in a pleading
may be adopted by reference elsewhere in the same pleading or in
any other pleading or motion. A copy of a written instrument that
is an exhibit to a pleading is a part of the pleading for all purposes.
(As amended Apr. 30, 2007, eff. Dec. 1, 2007.)
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