APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

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APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear) , in law, the coming into

court

COURT
COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the
influence
- INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)
of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

of either of the parties to a suit; the formal act by which a defendant submits himself to the

jurisdiction

JURISDICTION
JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

of the

court

COURT
COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the
influence
- INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)
of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

. The defendant in an action in the High Court of England enters his

appearance

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

to the writ of

summons

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

by delivering, either at the central

office

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 ")

of the Supreme Court, or a

district

DISTRICT

registry, a written memorandum either giving his solicitor's name or stating that he defends in person. He must also give notice to the plaintiff of his

appearance

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

, which ought, according to the time limited by the writ, to be within eight days after service; a defendant may, however, appear any time before judgment. The Rules of the Supreme Court, orders xii. and xiii., regulate the

procedure

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

with respect to the entering of an appearance, the giving of notice, the limit of time, the setting aside and the general effect of default of appearance. In 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 civil cases infants appear by their guardians ad litem; lunatics by their committee; companies by a solicitor; friendly

societies

SOCIETIES, LEARNED

by the trustee or other officer appointed to sue or be sued on behalf thereof.

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