Law Dictionary Definitions

appearance term.See TERM(5). [Blacks Law 8th]

appearance pro hac vice.See APPEARANCE.[Blacks Law 8th]

appearance  doctrine.In  the  law  of  self-defense,  the  rule  that  a  defendant’s  use  of  force  is justified if the defendant reasonably believed it to be justified. [Cases: Assault and Battery    67; Homicide    795.C.J.S. Assault and Battery §§ 87–92.]

appearance docket.See DOCKET(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

appearance de bene esse.See special appearance under APPEARANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

appearance day.See answer day under DAY. [Blacks Law 8th]

appearance date.See answer day under DAY. [Blacks Law 8th]

appearance bond.See bail bond under BOND(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

appearance,n. Procedure. A coming into court as a party or interested person, or as a lawyer on behalf of a party or interested person; esp., a defendant’s act of taking part in a lawsuit, whether by  formally  participating  in  it or  by  an  answer,  demurrer,  or  motion,  or  by  taking  postjudgment steps  in  the  lawsuit …

appeals court.See appellate court under COURT. [Blacks Law 8th]