Affirmative matter pleading
735 ILCS 5/2-617 · Illinois
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735 ILCS 5/2-617
Affirmative matter pleading
Curated in the CourtGPT state laws corpus · corpus updated 2026-07-27
735 ILCS 5/2-617Verified curated citation · Illinois
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What this statute covers
Authorizes pleading an affirmative matter that does not avoid the defense but defeats the plaintiff on the merits, with a motion procedure similar to summary judgment.
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