Appearance (law)

In law, an appearance (from Latin apparere, to appear) occurs when a party to a lawsuit physically appears in court, or to a formal act through which a defendant submits to the jurisdiction of the court in which the lawsuit is pending.[1]

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Appearance" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 217.