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- Default - n. - A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default.
- Default - n. - Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.
- Default - n. - A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc.
- Default - v. i. - To fail in duty; to offend.
- Default - v. i. - To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty.
- Default - v. i. - To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default.
- Default - v. t. - To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend.
- Default - v. t. - To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against.
- Default - v. t. - To leave out of account; to omit.
- Defaulted - imp. & p. p. - of Default
- Defaulter - n. - One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.
- Defaulter - n. - One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator.
- Defaulting - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Default
- Default - v. t. - To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against.
- Default - v. t. - To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend.
- Regulator - n. - A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes.
- Guaranty - n. - In law and common usage: To undertake or engage that another person shall perform (what he has stipulated); to undertake to be answerable for (the debt or default of another); to engage to answer for the performance of (some promise or duty by another) in case of a failure by the latter to perform; to undertake to secure (something) to another, as in the case of a contingency. See Guarantee, v. t.