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Before a defendant needs to file answers in a civil case, the plaintiff must have filed the ______. affidavit motion entry of appearance complaint

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Complaint (or petition or bill). Probably the most important pleading in a civil case, since by setting out the plaintiff's version of the facts and specifying the damages, it frames the issues of the case

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