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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Chapter 547.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amend-
ments sections eight, ten, fifteen, twenty-two
(sub-title conclusions of declarations), twenty-
two, sub-section ninety-five, twenty-two, sub-
section one hundred, section forty-six, and to
add a new sub-section to section twenty-two,
to be called sub-section twenty-eight A, and to
add three new sections under sub-title "Equit-
able Defences," to be called sections fifty-eight
A, fifty-eight B, fifty-eight C, and to add a*
new section under sub-title "Replevins," to be
called section fifty-eight D, and to repeal
sections nine and forty of article seventy-five
of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Pleadings, Practice and Process."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That sections eight, ten,

Repealed and
re-enacted.

fifteen, twenty-two, sub-title "Conclusions of
Declarations," twenty-two, sub-section ninety-
fire, twenty-two, sub-section one hundred and
forty-six, of article seventy-five of the Code of
Public General Laws, be and they are hereby
severally repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments so as to read, respectively, as follows :
Section S. No judgment shall be arrested or

No arrest of
Judgment.

set aside for any omission of mere matter of
form nor because one or more of the counts in
the declaration may be bad if there be one
count sufficient in substance; nor because of any
misjoinder of forms of actions or of counts, nor
for any other matter or cause which might have
been subject of general demurrer to the declara-
tion or other pleadings.
10. The plaintiff in any action may plead in

May plead.

answer to the plea, or any subsequent pleading
of the defendant, as many several matters as he
shall think necessary to sustain his action ; and
the defendant in any action may plead, in
answer to the declaration or other subsequent
pleading of the plaintiff, as many several mat-
ters as he shall think necessary for his defence :