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confession of judgment
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Confession, judgment by
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Cognovit actionem
Cognovit actionem (he has confessed the action), a defendant's written confession of an action brought against him, to which he has no available defence. it is usually upon condition … given in Court, and it impliedly authorizes the plaintiff's solicitor to do everything necessary in order to obtain judgment. By the (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62), s. 24, a warrant of attorney to
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judgment
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Relicta verificatione
judgment was confessed by cognovit actionem after plea pleaded, and the plea was withdrawn, it was called a confession or cognovit actionem relicta verification, 2 Chit. Arch. Prac. Formerly, a defendant who had pleaded a bad plea
Confession of defence
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decree
a decree entered by a court based on a defendant's default and the presumption that the allegations are confessed compare default judgment at judgment final decree : a decree that disposes of an action by determining all
Warrant of Attorney
of claim for him in an action at the suit of a person therein mentioned, and thereupon to confess the same, or to suffer judgment to pass by default and to permit judgment to be entered up
Pardon
that the evidence rightly viewed does not warrant the judgment, the prisoner should assign and the Attorney-General should confess error on the record, whereby the judgment would be reversed and a similar suggestion was made by the
Default
etc., within the time limited by the rules of the Court for that purpose. This is an implied confession of the action. See the titles JUDGMENT, APPEARANCE, and PLEADING. It is defined as the non-performance of a … by the rules of Court, the Court may thereupon give judgment against him by default. The defendant allows judgment by default either intentionally or through mistake or neglect; intentionally, where he has no merits, or where he does
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