A hearing before the court to prove a plaintiff's case against a defendant, where the defendant is in default and has not made an appearance in the case. Generally used to get a default judgment against a non-answering party.
A 3rd party creditor is the other party that is involved in a legal dispute between the offeror and the offeree. Creditors are typically referred to as collectors.
Impossible. An 'Ex-Parte" hearing means that the other party is not present.
a party to an arbitration agreement may be compelled to arbitrate a dispute, if the agreement covers the subject matter of the dispute.
Quantum dispute is one where you are trying to figure out how much damage has been done. One party will claim all was done at that time and the other will say it is not possible.
This is short for " ... show cause why the other party should not be held in contempt [of court]." In such a hearing, one party claims that the other party has violated a court order and should be required to show why the court should not hold her/him in contempt and, therefore, impose a monetary judgment or some other punishment.
Generally that means one party did not show up for the hearing so the other party won by default.
If they did then the hearing would not be "Ex Parte." For a legal definition of ex parte, see: http://definitions.uslegal.com/e/ex-parte/
Absolutely - but it is hard to get the court to believe that the other side did not get service when they claim they did. The presumption is that the return of service is valid and it is a difficult presumption to overcome.
When a third party inserts themselves into a dispute between a plaintiff and defendant, it is known as intervention. This can occur when the third party has a legal interest in the outcome of the case. The court will decide whether to allow the intervention based on the relevant legal criteria.
In its general sence for knowledge, 'Territorial Dispute' means a conflict between parties to the dispute, over a area in physical occupation / custody of one party, but the other party, stakes claim over the same, demanding its occupation, in its side. The dispute may occure between 'Nations', 'two territories of states within one nation' and so on. Thanks.
There was a big dispute among the co-workers over when they should hold their holiday party.
Arbitration