pro confesso
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 69 U.S. 283 - Bronson et al. v. La Crosse and Milwaukie Railroad Company et al. · 1863Most cited · 78 citing opinions
a corporation must appear and answer to the bill, not under oath, but under its common seal. And an omission thus to appear and answer according to the rules and practice of the court, entitle the complainants to enter an order that the bill be taken pro confesso
How often courts cite the case defining “pro confesso”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “pro confesso” — 78 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.