The procedure has long been abolished in most if not all jurisdictions in favor of allowing jurisdictional objections to be made either by motion or set out as an affirmative defense in a responsive pleading (an answer to the complaint): in the Federal courts, the procedure was superannuated by the adoption of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and, in Pennsylvania, by a 1965 amendment to the state rules of civil procedure.
The procedure has been long abolished in most jurisdictions or is no longer used in all; instead, jurisdictional objections can be made through motions or as affirmative defenses in responsive pleadings (answers to complaints). In Federal courts, this procedure was replaced by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and in Pennsylvania, it was superseded by a 1965 amendment to state civil procedure rules.