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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 45
CIVIL PROCEDURE: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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F.S. 45.011

45.011 Definitions.—In all statutes about practice and procedure:

(1) “Bond with surety” means a bond with two good and sufficient sureties, each with unencumbered property not subject to any exemption afforded by law equal in value to the penal sum of the bond or a bond with a licensed surety company as surety or a cash deposit conditioned as for a bond.

(2) “Defendant” means any party against whom relief as referenced in subsection (3) is sought.

(3) “Plaintiff” means any party seeking affirmative relief whether plaintiff, counterclaimant, cross-claimant; or third-party plaintiff, counterclaimant or cross-claimant.

History.—s. 1, ch. 67-254; s. 16, ch. 2023-8.

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