{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.120","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.120","heading":"Averments, how made.","body":"All averments of claim or defense shall be made in numbered paragraphs, the contents of each of which shall be limited as far as practicable to a statement of a single set of circumstances; and a paragraph may be referred to by number in all succeeding pleadings. Each claim founded upon a separate transaction or occurrence and each defense other than denials shall be stated in a separate count or defense whenever a separation facilitates the clear presentation of the matters set forth.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 509 - Pleadings"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=509.120","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"b5262c6496d6293f9b9f6cedda0b16d2e41a0053514e9d98c466834547c297a8","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.110","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}