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APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

APPEARANCE (from See also:
LAT
Lat. apparere, to appear) , in See also:

law, the coming into See also:

court of either of the parties to a suit; the formal See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act by which a See also:

DEFENDANT

defendant submits himself to the See also:

jurisdiction of the court. The defendant in an See also:

ACTION

action in the High Court of See also:

England enters his appearance to the See also:

WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)

writ of See also:

SUMMONS (Fr. semonce, from semonner or semondre, Lat. summonere, summonitio)

summons by delivering, either at the central See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of the Supreme Court, or a See also:

DISTRICT

district registry, a written memorandum either giving his See also:

SOLICITOR

solicitor's name or stating that he defends in See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person. He must also give See also:

NOTICE

notice to the See also:

PLAINTIFF

plaintiff of his appearance, which ought, according to the See also:

time limited by the writ, to be within eight days after service; a defendant may, however, appear any time before See also:

JUDGMENT

judgment. The Rules of the Supreme Court, orders xii. and xiii., regulate the See also:

PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure with respect to the entering of an appearance, the giving of notice, the limit of time, the setting aside and the See also:

general effect of See also:

DEFAULT (Fr. defaut, from defailler, to fail, Lat. fallere)

default of appearance. In See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county courts there is no appearance other than the coming into court of the parties to the suit. In criminal cases the accused appears in person. In See also:

CIVIL

civil cases infants appear by their guardians ad litem; lunatics by their See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee; companies by a solicitor; friendly See also:

SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies by the trustee or other officer appointed to See also:

SUE, EUGENE [JosEPH MARIE] (1804—1857)

sue or be sued on behalf thereof.

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