statement

a written statement made by said witness and signed or otherwise adopted or approved by him * * *.' Written statements of this kind were taken from all five eyewitnesses by the FBI on the day of the robbery.

See "Particular Statement."

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting verbally or on paper. Montague v. Thomason, 91 Tenn. 168, 18 S. W. 264. See Particular Statement.

In a general sense, an allegation; a declaration of matters of fact. The term has come to be used of a variety of formal narratives of facts, required by law in various jurisdictions as the foundation of judicial or official proceedings.

— Statement of affairs. In English bankruptcy practice, a bankrupt or debtor who has presented a petition for liquidation or composition must produce at the first meeting of creditors a statement of his affairs, giving a list of his creditors, secured and unsecured, with the value of the securities, a list of bills discounted, and a statement of his properly. Sweet.

— Statement of claim. A written or printed statement by the plaintiff in an action in the English high court, showing the facts on which he relies to support his claim against the defendant, and the relief which he claims. It is delivered to the defendant or his solicitor. The delivery of the statement of claim is usually the next step after appearance, and is the commencement of the pleadings. Sweet

— Statement of defense. In the practice of the English high court, where the defendant in an action does not demur to the whole of the plaintiff's claim, he delivers a pleading calied a "statement of defense." The statement of defense deals with the allegations contained in the statement of claim, (or the indorsement on the writ, if there is no statement of clnim,) admitting or denying them, and, if necessary, stating fresh facts in explanation or avoidance of those nileged by the plaintiff. Sweet
—-Statement of particulars. In English practice, when the plnintiff claims a debt or liquidated demand, but has not indorsed the writ specially, (i. e., indorsed on it the particulars of his claim under Order ill. r. 6,) and the defendant fails to appear, the plaintiff may file a statement of the particulars of his claim, and after eight days enter judgment for the amount, as if the writ had been specially indorsed. Court Rules, xiii. 5; Sweet.

In a general sense, an allegation or averment; a declaration of matters of fact. The term has also come to be used of a variety of formal allegations or narratives of facts, required by law in various jurisdictions In particular, the English judicature acts employ statement as a designation of pleadings. Statement of claim or of complaint is the name of the statement by the plaintiff, in an action brought in the high court of justice, of the ground of his complaint, and of the relief or remedy to which he claims to be entitled. It must be delivered within six weeks from the time of the defendant's entering an appearance in the action, unless the defendant, at the time of his so entering appearance, has stated that he does not require it. Statement of defence is the name of the statement delivered by a defendant, in answer of the plaintiff's statement of claim. It must be delivered within eight days after the plaintiff's delivery of his statement of claim, and may include facts supporting a right of set-off or counter-claim. To this last there may be a " statement of reply."