AMENDED PLEADINGS: pleadings submitted to the court later in time than the original pleadings and which correct the original pleadings or arguments therein, such as by the addition of a cause of action or a defense
CODE PLEADINGS: see code pleading
DEFECTIVE PLEADING: see defective pleading
PLEADINGS IN THE ALTERNATIVE: see alternative pleading
RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS: answers that either admit or deny the allegations contained in the complaint, and thus respond to them, rather than raise grounds upon which the complaint should be dismissed, such as the expiration of the Statute of Limitations.
SUPPLEMENTAL PLEADINGS: pleadings that assert a claim or a defense based upon events occurring after the filing of the original pleading which they supplement.
