Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1853

Pleadings good in Substance sufficient.

LXXXI. No Objection by way of General or Special Demurrer for formal Matter only shall be allowed, and no Pleading shall be deemed insufficient for any Defect which could heretofore be objected to only by Special Demurrer; and wherever Issue shall be joined on any Demurrer the Court shall proceed and give Judgment according to the very Right of the Cause, without regarding any Imperfection, Omission, Defect in or Lack of Form; and every Summons and Plaint and Defence or other Pleading which shall, with reasonable Clearness and Distinctness, state all such Matters of Fact as are necessary to ground the Action, Defence, or Reply, as the Case may be, shall be sufficient, and it shall not be necessary that such Matters shall be stated in any technical or formal Language or Manner.