PARTE NON COMPARENTE

By SovConn | October 10, 2013

parte non comparente (pahr-tee non kom-p<<schwa>>-ren-tee).Hist. The party not having appeared. • In civil cases, a party’s failure to appear usu. resulted in a default judgment against the defendant. But in criminal cases, the accused’s failure to appear raised no presumption of guilt; still, the offender was cited for contempt and made an outlaw. See OUTLAW.

[Blacks Law 8th]