Judgement awarded to the plaintiff on the defendant's failure to plead.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  No suggestion of any defence was made until this application in witness statements to support an application and to set aside the judgment in default.
 -  Mangan applied to the High Court for judgment in default of defence.
 -  Burying your head in the sand because ‘you can't afford lawyers’ will result in judgement in default.
 -  It follows that there is no way in which the retrospective application of the rule can found a basis for obtaining judgment in default.
 -  The third defendant did not serve a defence and judgment in default of defence was entered against him.