§ Rule 7(a) Pleadings allowed

Rule 7(a). Pleadings allowed

    There shall be a complaint and an answer; a reply to a counterclaim denominated as such; an answer to a cross-claim, if the answer contains a cross-claim; a third-party complaint, if a person who was not an original party is summoned under the provisions of Rule 14; and a third-party answer, if a third-party complaint is served. No other pleading shall be allowed,
except that the court may order a reply to an answer or a third-party answer.