Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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New assignment

hist. A plaintiff's restatement of a claim because the first complaint did not contain sufficient details. ( the purpose was to allow a plaintiff to reply to a defendant's responsive plea that did not address the plaintiffs specific claim because the complaint was too general. New assignment has been replaced by amended pleadings. -also termed novel assignment.

new assignment

See ASSIGNMENT (5).