Decree pro confesso
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
One entered in a court of equity in favor of the complainant where the defendant has made no answer to the bill and its allegations are consequently taken "as confessed."
Ohio Cent. R. Co. v. Central Trust Co. , 133 U. S. 83 , 10 Sup. Ct. 235, 33 In Ed. 561.