notice pleading
notice pleading 告知诉答 只需作简洁、清楚的陈述，足以使对方当事人知晓自己的诉讼请求或答辩理由，而非对与诉讼请求或答辩理由相关的任何事实都作专门性描述〔technical account〕的诉答。美国《联邦民事诉讼规则》〔Federal Rules of Civil Procedure〕及在绝大多数州的民事诉讼中都采用此种诉答程序，但在一些复杂案件中也经常会要求当事人在诉答中对某些实质性的细节加以陈述。
notice pleading
notice pleading
A procedural system requiring that the pleader give only a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief, and not a complete detailing of all the facts. Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a). [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 673; Pleading 16, 48. C.J.S. Pleading §§ 9, 116–124, 132–133, 162, 164.]