default judgment
noun[CorU]
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adecisionby acourtoflawagainst someone who does notappearincourtorfailsto do somethingelsethat they should do:
Therecordcompanywonbydefaultjudgmentafter the otherpartyfailedtorespond.
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She declined to respond to his more recent actions, and adefaultjudgmentwas entered in his favor for $2 million.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the demurrer is overruled, the defendant is ordered to file an answer within a certain period of time or else risk adefaultjudgment.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some jurisdictions allow a clerk of court to enterdefaultjudgmentin certain simple cases.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A request fordefaultjudgmentmust be in writing and lodged with the clerk or registrar of the court.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the defendant is served but does not answer the legal pleadings the plaintiff may seek adefaultjudgmentby application to the court.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In a civil trial involving damages, adefaultjudgmentwill enter the amount of damages pleaded in the original complaint.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thedefaultjudgmentis the relief requested in the party's original petition.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She failed to respond to the suit at all, and adefaultjudgmentwas entered in his favor for $2 million.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Defaultjudgmentis entered or given in the absence of the party against whom it is made.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The most common type of application for rescission, however, is an application for rescission of adefaultjudgment.
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