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Definition of Defaulter

1. Noun. Someone who fails to make a required appearance in court.

2. Noun. Someone who fails to meet a financial obligation.

3. Noun. A contestant who forfeits a match.

Definition of Defaulter

1. n. One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.

Definition of Defaulter

1. Noun. one who fails to fulfill an obligation or perform a task, especially a legal or financial one. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Defaulter

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Defaulter

defaste defat defatigable defatigate defatigation defats defatted defatting default default judgement

default judgment default on default option defaultable defaulted defaulter (current term) defaulters defaultiness defaulting defaults

defaulty defeasance defeasanced defeasances defeasaunce defeasibilities defeasibility defeasible defeasible fee defeasible fees

Literary usage of Defaulter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Auditing Theory and Practice by Robert Hiester Montgomery (1912)
"There is only one safe rule, and that is to calculate every possible source of income open to the defaulter, the maximum amount of such income, ..."

2. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"Jonson, the principal exception in criticism defaulter. generally, had intended to be an exception here also. At the beginning of his unfinished English ..."

3. Chitty's Index to All the Reported Cases Decided in the Several Courts of by Edward Chitty (1888)
"defaulter. 2. The rules of the Stock Exchange as to defaulting members of the body ... Two members of the body act as official assignees of the defaulter, ..."

4. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1883)
"No member shall attempt to enforce by law a claim arising out of Stock Exchange transactions against a member or defaulter, or against the principal of a ..."

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