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SECTION 4 (C): Action in Rem and in Personam
223
Nature of admiralty action in rem
224
Difference between action in rem and action in
personam in admiralty matter
224
SECTION 4 (D): Appearance
225
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Conditional and unconditional appearance
225
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Mode of entering appearance
226
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Recovery of land
228
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Application to appoint a guardian for a person
under legal disability
228
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Presumption when Legal practitioner announces
appearance in favour defendant
229
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Options open to a defendant wrongfully summoned
230
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Default of appearance
230
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Default of appearance by claimant
231
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Whether matter struck out for default of appearance
can be relisted and whether same can ground
plea of res judicata
231
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Procedures where the defendant or all of several
defendants fail to appear
231
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Where the claim in the originating process is a
liquidated demand
232
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Where claim is for pecuniary damages or detention
of goods with or without a claim of pecuniary damages
232
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Where it is unnecessary for a plaintiff to proceed
for whatever reason
232
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Claim for pecuniary damages or detention of goods and
defendant fails to appear
233
Detention of goods, damages and liquidated demand
233
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Judgment for Costs: upon payment, satisfaction etc
234
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Status and effect of default judgment
234
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Setting aside judgement in default of appearance
234
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Sample memorandum of appearance
235
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