(I) Pleading shall mean a statement of claim. statement of defence. counter-claim, memurandum of appeal. application or petition and any other document originating proceedings or filed in reply thereto. (1) Every pleading shall be written in ink, printed or typewritten on the prescribed paper and shall contain and contain only a state- ment in a concise form of the material facts on which the party relies for his claim or defence and shall be in a form as near as may be to the appropriate Form in the First Schedule to this Code. ,3) Whenever particulars may be necessary beyond those mentioned in the said appropriate Form, such particulars shall be stated in the pleading, with dates and items If necessary. (4) Sums and numbers shall be expressed in words and figures and wh;:!';~a sum is expressed in foreign currency. its equivalent in Ethiopian currency shall be indicated. 30 CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE (5) Dates shown in the Gregorian or other calendar sball also be indicated in the Ethiopian calendar.