You should check in to alternate service methods. Many courts will allow service by posting or publication. Your court clerk or private attorney can advise you best.
Here are the conjugates of the verb acquit: The court will acquit the defendant. (future) The court acquits the defendant. (present) The court acquitted the defendant. (past) The court has acquitted the defendant. (past participle) We've put them in sentences for you to make it easier to see them in action. Notice how in the present tense we add the "s" to the verb.
The defendant will most likely loose for not showing up and have to settle regardless.
It depends on the type of court case. In civil cases, assuming the court has subject matter jurisdiction over the lawsuit to begin with, the defendant must have minimum contacts with the state for the court to exercise personal jurisdiction over the defendant. In criminal cases, the state must prove the defendant committed the crime within the court's venue.
The court might dismiss the matter.
If the defendant does not provide responses to your discovery requests, you can file a motion to compel with the court. This motion asks the court to order the defendant to respond to your requests. Failure to comply with a court order to provide discovery can result in sanctions against the defendant, such as fines or dismissal of their case.
In all probablity the judge will issue a warrant for his/her arrest.
get a copy from the case file at court
In a lawsuit one has serve notice on the defendant. After receiving the notice the defendants fail in appearing in the court then ex-parte proceedings start.
If this happens then a warrant is put on their arrest
The defendant is temporarily released from prison/jail.
The defendant is temporarily released from prison/jail.
Because the bond (or bail) was accepted as surety that the defendant WOULD appear in court - if the defendant fails to appear, the bond (or bail) is forfeited and seized by the court.