This is called a judgment by default.

She never answered Mr. Pagones's complaint and he obtained a judgment by default against her.

Landulph rose, and was in the act of claiming judgment by default when a strange clacking sound was heard coming up the stairs.

It required a judgment by default from the European Court of Justice for things slowly to start inching forward, step by step.

An affidavit of service is required where no defence or other evidence of service is available and the plaintiff is seeking judgment by default.

Richard's tax attorney-the tax attorney his financial manager got for him-didn't answer the IRS in time, so the government won a judgment by default.

If the defendant fails to answer within a specified period of time, the person bringing the suit can obtain what is known as a judgment by default, in which the court would probably eliminate the covenant.

We shall be less open to the charge of procuring judgement by default.

This was a judgement by default, as Hannes did not defend himself before the English court.