CPLR § 3013

Particularity of statements generally

§ 3013. Particularity of statements generally. Statements in a pleading shall be sufficiently particular to give the court and parties notice of the transactions, occurrences, or series of transactions or occurrences, intended to be proved and the material elements of each cause of action or defense.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/3013

In plain English

Pleadings must be particular enough to give notice of the transactions/occurrences and the material elements of each cause of action or defense.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.