The date when the defendant receives a claim form from court following the commencement of a suit by a client. The receipt of this usually has to be acknowledged by the defendant ...
A conditional court order which only becomes binding (making it a decree absolute) only after a defined period of time or depending on certain other conditions. In the case of ...
If a defendant does not acknowledge receipt of a claim within two weeks of being 'served' he may receive a default judgement. This means the claim will not go to a hearing, but ...