Judgment By Default

of the defendant, and is either by nil dicit, vide Judgment by nil dicit, or by non sum tnformatus, vide Judgment by non sum informatus. This judgment is interlocutory in assumpsit, Covenant, trespass, case, and replevin, where the sole object of the action is damages; but in debt, damages not being the principal object of the action, the plaintiff} usually signs final judgment in the firet instance.. Vide Com. Dig. Pleader, B 11 and 12—E 42; 7 Vin. Ab. 429; Doct. Pl. 208; Grah. Pr. 631; Dane’s Ab. Index, h. t.; 3 Chit. Pr. 671 to 680; Tidd’s Pr. 563; 1 Lilly’s Reg. 585; and article Default.