WordNet
judgment by default
n. a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court) [syn: default judgment, default judgement, judgement by default]
Usage examples of "judgment by default".
Landulph rose, and was in the act of claiming judgment by default when a strange clacking sound was heard coming up the stairs.
Richard's tax attorney-the tax attorney his financial manager got for him-didn't answer the IRS in time, so the government won a judgment by default.