default judgment

default judgment definition - legal

n

A judgment entered against a party to a litigation as a result of that party’s failure to appear or contest the claim. 

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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