The law of civil procedure governs process in all judicial proceedings involving lawsuits between private parties. Traditional common law pleading was replaced by code pleading in 24 states after New York enacted the Field Code in 1850 and code pleading in turn was subsequently replaced again in most states by modern notice pleading during the 20th century. The old English division between common law and equity courts was abolished in the federal courts by the adoption of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 1938; it has also been independently abolished by legislative acts in nearly all states. The Delaware Court of Chancery is the most prominent of the small number of remaining equity courts. COUNT 5
QSN1 What is over all judicial proceedings involving private party lawsuits? ANS1 The law of civil procedure QSN2 What did New York enact that replaced traditional common law proceeding? ANS2 code pleading QSN3 What was code pleading ultimately replaced by? ANS3 modern notice pleading QSN4 When did code pleading get replaced by modern notice pleading? ANS4 20th century QSN5 What did the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure abolish? ANS5 The old English division between common law and equity courts