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Default

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Judgment by default is when the defendant does not appear in court on the day appointed. The judge gives sentence in favour of the plaintiff, not because the plaintiff is right, but from the default of the defendant.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Dedalian
Dedlock (Sir Leicester)
Dee
Dee (Dr. John)
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Deerslayer
Dees (The)
Deev-Binder
Default
Defeat
Defeat
Defender of the Faith
Deficit (Madame)
Degenerate
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Dei Judicium (Latin)
Deianira
Deiphobus
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