Illinois Compiled Statutes 735 ILCS 5 Code of Civil Procedure. Section 2-602

    (735 ILCS 5/2-602) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-602)

    Sec. 2-602. Designation and order of pleadings. The first pleading by the plaintiff shall be designated a complaint. The first pleading by the defendant shall be designated an answer. If new matter by way of defense is pleaded in the answer, a reply shall be filed by the plaintiff, but the filing of a reply is not an admission of the legal sufficiency of the new matter. Further pleadings may be permitted as required by the court.

(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

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