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Once the court has entered a judgment, your creditor can collect the judgment by garnishing you. This lets the creditor take the money directly from your bank account or paycheck. Your creditor might also legally seize your property.

Primary tabs. A default judgment (also known as judgment by default) is a ruling granted by a judge or court in favor of a plaintiff in the event that the defendant in a legal case fails to respond to a court summons or does not appear in court.

An entry of default is the first step to obtaining a default judgment against a party, and allows you to proceed in the action without further notice or input from the opposing party. An entry of default can come in two forms, an entry by the clerk or an entry by the judge.

The Rules define “default” as when “a party against whom a judgment for affirmative relief is sought has failed to plead or otherwise defend,” and define “judgment” as “a decree and any order from which an appeal lies.” Read together, a default judgment is simply any judgment that results from a default.

No judgment by default shall be entered against the state of Tennessee or any officer or agency thereof unless the claimant establishes his claim or right to relief by evidence satisfactory to the court.

The plaintiff sets down the matter for hearing upon at least five days' notice of his intention to apply for default judgment to the party in default, provided that no notice of set down need be given to any party in default of delivery of notice of intention to defend.

“Final decision” or “final judgment” refers to a court's decision that settles all of the parties' legal issues in controversy in the court. “Decision on the merits” or “judgment on the merits” is a judgment made based on facts and relevant substantive law of the case, rather than on technical or procedural grounds.

Default judgment—overview the defendant must have been properly served with the claim. the defendant must not have responded to the claim, whether by acknowledgment of service or defence, and. the relevant time period for responding must have expired.

First, the moving party must show that the default was not the result of willfulness. Second, the party must show that it has a meritorious defense. Third, the setting aside of the default judgment must not prejudice the opposing party.

Of course, even where default judgment is entered, that is not necessarily the end of the matter. The defendant may be able to have the judgment set aside if it can persuade the court that it has a real prospect of successfully defending the claim or there is some other good reason why the judgment should be set aside.