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in default of
de·fault D0089700 (dĭ-fôlt′)n.1. Failure to perform a task or fulfill an obligation, especially failure to meet a financial obligation: in default on a loan.2. Law Failure of a party in a case to make a required court appearance.3. The failure of one or more competitors or teams to participate in a contest: won the championship by default.4. a. Computers A particular setting or value for a variable that is assigned automatically by an operating system and remains in effect unless canceled or overridden by the operator: changed the default for the page margins.b. A situation or condition that is the case in the absence of active intervention.v. de·fault·ed, de·fault·ing, de·faults v.intr.1. a. To fail to do what is required.b. To fail to pay money when it is due.2. Computers To revert to a default.3. Law a. To fail to appear in court as a party to a case when summoned.b. To lose a case by not appearing.4. To fail to take part in or complete a scheduled contest.v.tr.1. To fail to perform or pay.2. Law To lose (a case) by failing to appear in court.3. To fail to take part in or complete (a contest, for example).Idiom: in default of Through the failure, absence, or lack of. [Middle English defaute, from Old French, from past participle of defaillir, to fail, grow weak : de-, intensive pref.; see de- + faillir; see fail.] de·fault′er n.Translationsin default of
in default of (something)Due to the absence or lack of something; through the failure of something. Though it was only a speeding ticket, Janet was imprisoned in default of paying the fine. In default of concrete evidence, the jury was obligated to acquit the defendant of murder.See also: default, ofin default ofThrough the failure, absence, or lack of, as in In default of a better solution, we'll have to make do with this one. This term was originally put as for default of, but John Gower had the current wording in Confessio Amantis (1397): "The fish, if it be dry, might in default of water die." [Late 1200s] See also: default, of in default of Through the failure, absence, or lack of.See also: default, of |