{"id":7852,"date":"2017-11-16T02:11:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T02:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7852"},"modified":"2017-12-22T22:30:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T22:30:55","slug":"claim-for-relief-a-complaint-and-any-pleading-which-sets-forth-a-claim-counterclaim-cross-claim-or-third-party-claim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7852","title":{"rendered":"Claim (Prayer) for Relief – a complaint and any pleading which\u00a0sets forth a claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

claim for relief<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A complaint<\/a> and, under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure<\/a>, any pleading<\/a> \u201cwhich\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>sets forth . . . a claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong>See demand for relief<\/em><\/strong><\/span>; relief<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A complaint and any pleading which\u00a0sets forth a claim, counterclaim<\/a>, cross-claim<\/a>, or third-party claim.\u00a0 <\/strong>See demand for relief<\/em><\/strong><\/span>; relief<\/strong><\/em>. [1]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A complaint and, under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, any pleading “which sets forth… a claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim.” <\/strong>\u00a0 See demand for relief<\/strong><\/span>. <\/em>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

demand for relief<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> See prayer for relief<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [1]
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1. The portion of a complaint or claim for relief that specifies the type of relief to which the plaintiff feels she is entitled and for which she requests judgment.<\/strong> aka\u00a0\u2014 prayer for relief<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

prayer for relief<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
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1. A request addressed to the court and appearing at the end of a pleading; especially, a request for specific relief or damages.<\/strong> \u2014 Often shortened to prayer<\/strong><\/span>. <\/em>\u2014 <\/em>aka \u2014 demand for relief<\/strong><\/span><\/em>; request for relief<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 See <\/em>AD DAMNUM CLAUSE.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from<\/strong> Edwin E. Bryant’s The Law of Pleading Under the Codes of Civil Procedure<\/em><\/a> (2d ed. 1899):<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “The prayer for relief.\u00a0 The plaintiff prays in his bill for the relief to which he supposes himself entitled on the case made out in the bill.\u00a0 This is called the special prayer.\u00a0 He then prays for general relief, usually in these words: \u2018And the plaintiff (or your orator) prays for such further or other relief as the nature of the case may require, and as may be agreeable to equity and good conscience.\u2019 Both prayers are generally inserted in the bill, \u2014 the special prayer first, the general following.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

Elements Included in Standard Claims:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

general prayer<\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>(18c) A prayer for additional unspecified relief, traditionally using language such as, \u201cPlaintiff additionally prays for such other and further relief to which she may show herself to be justly entitled.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0 *\u00a0 The general prayer typically follows a special prayer.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

special prayer<\/span>:<\/strong> <\/span>(18c) A prayer for the particular relief to which a plaintiff claims to be entitled.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/a><\/strong> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[2<\/strong>]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/a> <\/b><\/em>by Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Doctored<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[4]: Edwin E. Bryant, The Law of Pleading Under the Codes of Civil Procedure<\/em><\/a> 69 (2d ed. 1899).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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