This commands the sheriff or constable to take the property described and turn it over to the plaintiff, and to summon the defendant as before.
Pleadings .-- The next step in the process, in any of the cases, is the filing of an Answer by the defendant, in which he states the grounds of his defense.

The complaint of the plaintiff and the answer of the defendant constitute what are called the pleadings.

[Footnote: For a more extensive discussion of pleadings, see chapter VII.; or Dole, pp.

30-42.] If the answer contains a counter-claim, the plaintiff is entitled to a further pleading called the Reply.

The pleadings contain simply a statement of the facts upon which the parties rely in support of their case.