Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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new cause of action
A claim not arising out of or relating to the conduct, occurrence, or transaction contained in the original pleading. ( An amended pleading often relates back to the date the original pleading was filed. Thus, a plaintiff may add claims to a suit without facing a statute-of-limitations bar, as long as the original pleading was filed in time to satisfy the statute. But if the amended pleading adds a claim that arises out of a different transaction or occurrence, or out of different alleged conduct, the amendment does not relate back to the date the original pleading was filed. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(c).3. Loosely, a lawsuit <there are four defendants in the pending cause of action>.
new cause of action.
See CAUSE OF ACTION,