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When parties in a lawsuit are required to be joined, they are sometimes referred to as indispensable parties.

A claim by a defendant against a plaintiff in a federal court action is known as a ______________________.

Technical rules regarding form and content of pleadings are often found in ________________.

Statutes  of limitation are generally found in _________________.

A third-party complaint, unlike the cross-claim and counterclaim, is a separate pleading.

A cross-claim is generally allowed when a claim by one defendant against another defendant arises out of the same transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the complaint.

A plaintiff is usually allowed to amend a complaint ____.

Litigation paralegals need not be concerned with ethical problems, because various canons of ethics and rules of professional conduct apply only to attorneys.

A complaint and summons in a federal action can usually be served by the plaintiff, a licensed process server, or by the U.S. Marshal.

A response to a counterclaim is known as a/an ___________.