{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.040","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.040","heading":"Technical forms not required in pleading.","body":"Each averment of a pleading shall be simple, concise, and direct. No technical forms of pleading or motions are required.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 509 - Pleadings"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=509.040","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"d5918ad8443f0556e556c713261d178f1f7924a97879eb047b77816a03905b66","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.030","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}