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Definition of Judgement by default
1. Noun. A judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court).
Generic synonyms: Judgement, Judgment, Judicial Decision
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of Judgement By Default
Literary usage of Judgement by default
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama by Alabama Supreme Court (1830)
"Then there is no possible way of sustaining the judgement of the Circuit Court,
but by saying that the statement in the judgement by default, that there was ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant, as Administered in Ireland by John Smith Furlong (1845)
"In case of judgement by default against the casual ejector, or nonsuit for not
... After judgement by default in an ejectment for non-payment of rent, ..."
3. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1818)
"... they shall for so much give judgement by default, and award a ... against whom
or their right or title such judgement by default is given, shall within ..."
4. A Collection of Acts and Records of Parliament: With Reports of Cases by Sir Henry Gwillim, Charles Ellis (1825)
"Can I suppose the legislature did not understand the difference between a judgement
by default, and a judgement after verdict, or that this difference ..."
5. The Statutes at Large of South Carolina by South Carolina, Thomas Cooper, David James McCord (1838)
"... being so returned by the constable, and affidavit made thereof, such Justice
may and is hereby impowered and required to pronounce judgement by default, ..."
6. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1837)
"Several explanations have been offered of the alternative clause; which some have
referred to judgement by default or demurrer; others to the process of ..."
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