Purpose of chapter

Ind. Code § 34-8-1-1
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Sec. 1. The purpose of this chapter is to enable the supreme court to: (1) simplify and abbreviate the pleadings and proceedings; (2) expedite the decision of causes; (3) remedy abuses and imperfections that exist in the practice; (4) abolish unnecessary forms and technicalities in pleading and practice; and (5) abolish fictions and unnecessary process and proceedings. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-5-2-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.3.
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