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2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 51 - Courts
Chapter 873 - Court Clerks
Section 51-55 - Judgments of default or nonsuit.
Universal Citation: CT Gen Stat § 51-55 (2019)
A clerk of the Superior Court shall not enter any judgment of default or nonsuit, unless directed by the court, except where the parties fail to appear; provided, in any civil action in which a notice of an intention to suffer a default has been filed, the clerk shall, upon request of either party, enter judgment of default.
(1949 Rev., S. 7700; P.A. 82-160, S. 101.)
History: P.A. 82-160 rephrased section, but made no substantive changes.
See Sec. 52-84 re time for rendering judgment by default.
Failure of defendant to receive notice does not relieve her of blame in failing to enter her appearance. 139 C. 532.
Cited. 17 CS 118.
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