pro confesso
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
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
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
By confession, i. e., by failure to appear.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
For confessed; as confessed. A term applied to a bill in equity, and the decree founded upon it, where no answer is made to it by the defendant. 1 Barb. Ch. Pr. 96.