confession of judgment
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confession of judgment - a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings

cognovit judgement, cognovit judgment, confession of judgement

judicial decision, judgment, judgement - (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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cognovit judgement cognovit judgment confession of judgement judgement judgment judicial decision			Confession of judgement; defendants confess judgment in favor of plaintiff on promissory note of $22,500. FOR THE RECORD by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) The sharp increase in uncontested debt actions in the 1730s, in particular the sudden tendency of debtors to confess judgment against themselves to facilitate collection by their creditors should they fail to repay, underscored not only the massive increase in indebtedness but also the acceptance of indebtedness as a necessary cost of doing business. The nature of litigation in early New England. (Correspondence) by Priest, Claire / Yale Law Journal After the plaintiffs filed suit, Allstate offered to confess judgment in favor of the claimants for $101. Jury punishes Allstate for `scorched-earth' tactics by Porter, Rebecca / Trial			confer with conferee conference conference call conference center conference house Conference meeting Conference pear conference room conference table conferencing Conferential conferment conferrable conferral conferred conferree Conferrer Conferruminate conferva Confervaceous Confervoid confervoid algae Confervous confess Confess judgment confessant Confessary confessed confessedly Confesser confession Confession and avoidance Confession of faith confession of judgement confession of judgment confessional Confessional equality confessional television confessionalism Confessionalist Confessionary Confessionist confessor Confessorship Confestly confetti confidant confidante confide confide in			conferrable conferrable conferral conferral conferral of a fee conferrals conferrals conferre conferred conferred conferree conferrer conferrer conferring conferring conferrment of title Conferruminate confers confers ConferTech International conferva Confervaceous Confervoid confervoid algae Confervous confess confess confess confess confess Confess judgment confess to confessable confessable Confessant confessants Confessary confessed confessed confessed confessed confessed judgment confessedly confessedly Confesser Confesser confesses confesses confessing confessing confessing confessing Confessing Church confessio confessio confessio confessio Confessio Augustana Confessio Augustana Confessio facta in judicio omni probatione major est confession

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confession of judgment (redirected from Confess judgment)

confession of judgment
(redirected from Confess judgment)