confession of judgment

confession of judgment
confession of judgment: acknowledgment by a debtor of a claim and consent that a judgment may be entered usu. without notice or hearing for the amount of the claim when it is due and unpaid compare cognovit note at note

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

confession of judgment
n.
Entry of judgment against a debtor without a legal proceeding, done if the debtor signs a cognovit note at the time of purchase.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


confession of judgment
Usually, a clause within a promissory note, allowing the creditor to, upon nonpayment by the borrower, get a court judgment for the amount owed and in some cases collect from the borrower's assets, all without giving the borrower advance notice.
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


confession of judgment
A procedure whereby a defendant did not enter a plea, the usual response to a plaintiff's declaration in common-law pleading, but instead either confessed to the accuracy of the plaintiff's claim or withdrew a plea already entered.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


confession of judgment
A procedure whereby a defendant did not enter a plea, the usual response to a plaintiff's declaration in common-law pleading, but instead either confessed to the accuracy of the plaintiff's claim or withdrew a plea already entered.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

confession of judgment
n.
   a written agreement in which the defendant in a lawsuit admits liability and accepts the amount of agreed-upon damages he/she must pay to plaintiff (person suing him/her), and agrees that the statement may be filed as a court judgment against him/her if he/she does not pay or perform as agreed. This avoids further legal proceedings and may prevent a legal judgment being entered (filed) if the terms are fulfilled by the defendant.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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