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A failure or neglect to perform a legal obligation or duty. typically this occurs when a defendant does not answer or make an appearance in court within the time prescribed by law, to defend himself; it may also signify the non-appearance of the plaintiff to prosecute his claim. When the plaintiff makes default, he may be nonsuited; and when the defendant makes default, … [Read more...] about DEFAULT

The act of yielding up anything ; surrender. … [Read more...] about DEDITION

To hold; consider; adjudge; condemn.. When, by statute, certain acts are "deemed" to be a crime of a particular nature, they are such crime, aud not a semblance of it nor a mere fanciful approximation to or designation of the offense. Com. v. Pratt 132 Mass. 247. … [Read more...] about DEEM

See uncontested divorce. … [Read more...] about DEFAULT DIVORCE

In Roman law. Criminals who had been marked in the face or on the body with fire or an iron, so that the mark could not be erased, and subsequently manumitted. Calvin. … [Read more...] about DEDITITII