Rule 1.140

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procedural rule rule of civil procedure subrule

Rule 1.140 is a provision of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure that governs defenses, objections, and motions in response to civil pleadings, including how and when they must be raised.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Rule 1.140 canonical	1
Rule 1.140(a)	1
Rule 1.140(b)	1
Rule 1.140(c)	1
Rule 1.140(f)	1
Rule 1.140(h)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1538705 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rule 1.140
Context triple: [Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, contains, Rule 1.140]

A. Rule 15
Rule 15 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs when and how parties may amend their pleadings in civil lawsuits.
B. Rule 44
Rule 44 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the right to and appointment of counsel for defendants in federal criminal cases, including issues of joint representation and potential conflicts of interest.
C. Rule 12
Rule 12 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs pretrial motions and procedures for raising defenses and objections in federal criminal cases.
D. Rule 21
Rule 21 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the transfer of criminal proceedings from one district court to another to ensure fairness or convenience.
E. Rule 1
Rule 1 is the introductory provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that sets out their scope and purpose in governing criminal proceedings in U.S. federal courts.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rule 1.140
Target entity description: Rule 1.140 is a provision of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure that governs defenses, objections, and motions in response to civil pleadings, including how and when they must be raised.

A. Rule 15
Rule 15 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs when and how parties may amend their pleadings in civil lawsuits.
B. Rule 44
Rule 44 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the right to and appointment of counsel for defendants in federal criminal cases, including issues of joint representation and potential conflicts of interest.
C. Rule 12
Rule 12 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs pretrial motions and procedures for raising defenses and objections in federal criminal cases.
D. Rule 21
Rule 21 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the transfer of criminal proceedings from one district court to another to ensure fairness or convenience.
E. Rule 1
Rule 1 is the introductory provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that sets out their scope and purpose in governing criminal proceedings in U.S. federal courts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	procedural rule ⓘ rule of civil procedure ⓘ subrule ⓘ subrule ⓘ subrule ⓘ subrule ⓘ subrule ⓘ subrule ⓘ subrule ⓘ subrule ⓘ
addresses	raising certain defenses by motion rather than by answer ⓘ waiver of certain defenses if not timely raised ⓘ
appliesTo	civil actions in Florida state courts ⓘ
bindingOn	Florida state trial courts in civil cases ⓘ parties litigating civil actions in Florida state courts ⓘ
category	Florida Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ surface form: Florida civil procedure rule
citationStyle	Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.140 ⓘ
concerns	procedural requirements for responding to a complaint ⓘ procedural requirements for responding to other pleadings ⓘ
governs	defenses to pleadings ⓘ motions directed to pleadings ⓘ objections to pleadings ⓘ
hasSection	Rule 1.140 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rule 1.140(a) Rule 1.140 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rule 1.140(b) Rule 1.140 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rule 1.140(c) Rule 1.140(d) ⓘ Rule 1.140(e) ⓘ Rule 1.140 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rule 1.140(f) Rule 1.140(g) ⓘ Rule 1.140 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rule 1.140(h)
jurisdiction	Florida ⓘ surface form: State of Florida
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	civil procedure ⓘ
legalEffect	sets procedural requirements for raising defenses and objections ⓘ
partOf	Florida Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Florida Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Florida
regulates	presentation of certain objections by motion ⓘ timing of responsive pleadings ⓘ
requires	compliance with specified time limits for responsive pleadings ⓘ
sourceType	court-promulgated rule ⓘ
specifies	form of certain motions ⓘ how defenses must be presented ⓘ when defenses must be raised ⓘ
usedBy	Florida attorneys ⓘ Florida courts ⓘ surface form: Florida trial courts civil litigants in Florida ⓘ