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Judgment by Default

nounid 78601·updated May 18, 2026
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a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant fails to appear in court

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Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Variants

synonym
default judgment
plural
Judgment by Defaults
possessive
Judgment by Default's
pluralpossessive
Judgment by Defaults'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant fails to appear in court
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant fails to appear in court
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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