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 property. 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.—-Statoment of fense. 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 called 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 claim,) admitting or denying them, and, if necessary, stating fresh facts in explanation or avoidance of those alleged by the blaine. Sweet.—Statement of particulars. n English practice, when the plaintiff claims a debt or liquidated demand, but has not indorsed the writ specianly. (. e., indorsed on it the particulars of his claim under Order iii. 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.