Defendants in civil actions usually make their first court appearance voluntarily in response to a summons.

A demurrer is a pleading ( usually filed by a defendant ) which objects to the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleading ( usually a complaint ) and demands that the court rule immediately about whether the pleading is legally adequate before the party must plead on the merits in response.

At each stage, a party could file a demurrer to the other's pleading ( essentially a request that the court immediately rule on whether the pleading was legally adequate before they had to file a pleading in response ) or simply file another pleading in response.

In response to this decision, Darrow made a sarcastic comment to Judge Raulston ( as he often did throughout the trial ) on how he had been agreeable only on the prosecution's suggestions, for which he apologized the next day, keeping himself from being found in contempt of court.

For example, in some areas, workers ' compensation laws arose as a legislative response to court rulings restricting the extent to which employees could sue their employers in respect of injuries sustained during employment.

to the court, the party who has pleaded a claim for relief and received no response may request entry of default.

The poem may, therefore, represent the work of what has been termed the " monastic party " in Ethelred's court, which advocated a military response, rather than tribute, to all Norse attacks.

The court order was in response to one of the legitimate contractors and Brian X. Scott had no role in obtaining that order.

By 440, Vandal fleets were ravaging Sicily and Aëtius co-ordinated a joint response with the eastern court, which saw large numbers of troops arriving in Sicily, with the intent of attacking Gaiseric.

The destruction that occurred in Gaul and the lack of an effective response from the court in Ravenna lent support to the rebellion of Constantine III in Britain, which Stilicho proved unable to deal with.

In 1978, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ( FISA ) created a “ secret federal court for issuing wiretap warrants in national security cases .” This was in response to findings from the Watergate break-in, which allegedly uncovered a history of presidential operations that had used surveillance on domestic and foreign political organizations.

April 3, 2010: School officials canceled the local prom in response to a court order requiring them to let a local student attend with her same-sex date.

This approach involves governments drafting legislation in response to court rulings and courts acknowledging the effort if the new legislation is challenged.

In response the wise vizier created the game backgammon and sent it to the Indian court with the same message.

** a person has failed to attend court in response to a summons,

In response to the regional military rule of jiedushi and the loss of civil authority during the late Tang period and Five Dynasties ( 907 – 960 ), the Song emperors were eager to implement a system where civil officials would owe their social prestige to the central court and gain their salaries strictly from the central government.

Arthur then congratulates the Black Knight and offers him a place at Arthur's court on the Round Table, but the Black Knight only stands still, holding his sword, and makes no response until Arthur moves to cross the bridge.

In response to this argument, and despite their reconciliation ( internal court politics remaining strong ), Raymond was accused of cowardice by Gerard and Raynald.

In response, G4S Wackenhut filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging, among other things, that the audit ’ s findings were erroneous.

In response to a call from Sheridan to release the minutes, the party eventually handed them in to the court.

The Monitor investigated the matter, concluding that the documents were " almost certainly forgeries ," and, in response to a lawsuit by Galloway, apologized in court.

In response to the court ruling, Minton began drafting a bill which would allow the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional only if seven out the nine justices supported the decision.

Because Britain did not abolish wager by battle until Parliament's 1819 response to Ashford v Thornton ( 1818 ), and because no court in post-independence United States has addressed the issue, the question of whether trial by combat remains a valid American alternative to civil action remains open, at least in theory.

" Another key component affecting a trial outcome is the jury selection, in which attorneys will attempt to include jurors from whom they feel they can get a favorable response or at the least unbiased fair decision.

In January 2012, SOE announced plans to shut down the server, but based on the " passionate " response of the player base, rescinded the decision and changed Al ' Kabor to a free-to-play subscription model.

In response to the NIST decision, the Census Bureau is in the process of transitioning over to the GNIS Feature ID, which will be completed after the 2010 Census.

Benjamin Zablocki and Alberto Amitrani interpreted the APA's response as meaning that there was no unanimous decision on the issue either way, suggesting also that Singer retained the respect of the psychological community after the incident.

As well as risking a loss of support in marginal seats in eastern Melbourne, this decision brought about a strong response from the Howard Federal government, which cut off federal funding for the project on the grounds that the Bracks government had reneged on the terms of the federal-state funding agreement.

In response to this decision, Gilliam expressed that " I was the perfect guy to do Harry Potter.

In response to the Supreme Court decision, the House of Representatives passed H. R.

Following a decision by the Admiralty to dismiss 40 workers at the dockyard, Mintoff declared that " representatives of the Maltese people in Parliament declare that they are no longer bound by agreements and obligations toward the British government ..." ( the 1958 Caravaggio incident ) In response, the Colonial Secretary sent a cable to Mintoff, stating that he had " recklessly hazarded " the whole integration plan.

In response to the court's decision in Baker and the legislature's enactment of civil unions, opponents of the legal recognition of same-sex unions formed an opposition organization called Take Back Vermont.

In 1968, arguably in response to sensationalist stories about supposed “ scroungers ” and “ welfare cheats ,” the government made the decision to introduce a controversial new rule terminating benefits for single men under the age of 45 was introduced.

The Mankind Quarterly was founded in 1960, in part in response to the Brown decision.

It was adopted in response to student activism against the Vietnam War and to partially overrule the Supreme Court's decision in Oregon v. Mitchell.

As a response to deteriorating relations between the clergy and the military at Old Sarum, the decision was taken to resite the cathedral and the bishopric was moved to its present place in Salisbury.

In response to the financial situation, Fitzpatrick ordered that the Disney-MGM Studios Europe project would be put on hiatus until a further decision could be made.

Buchan put great effort into securing a positive response to the invitation sent to King George in May 1937 ; after more than a year without a reply, in June 1938 Buchan headed to the United Kingdom for personal holidays, but also to procure a decision on the possible royal tour.

This was a controversial decision, and in response, the Landless Workers ' Movement protested by invading and occupying several Monsanto farm plots used for research, training and seed-processing.

His final dissertation was on the Dutch response to France's decision under President Charles de Gaulle to leave NATO's integrated command structure.

Coopertown was officially incorporated in 1996, a decision taken by the citizens of the community in response to a proposal to local a landfill in the community.

An essay called " They Released Me from My Cage ... But They Still Keep Me Handcuffed " was written in response to the Samson decision.

The Department of Health said the decision was made because of what it called the department's " emergency response to the accident and emergency crisis at the time ", although the nursing units, in use since 2008, are mainly for geriatric care.

It was in response to a decision of the Council of Trent that Pope Pius V promulgated the 1570 Roman Missal, making it mandatory throughout the Western Church, excepting those regions and religious orders whose existing missals dated from before 1370.

Though it seems now that the critical response to Styron's next novel, Sophie's Choice ( 1979 ), could hardly match the reception sparked by the publication of The Confessions of Nat Turner ( a novel reflecting the turbulent decade in which it was born even as it seems to reinforce the social and political turmoil of that time ), Styron's decision to portray a non-Jewish victim of the Holocaust generated various debates of its own.

Frankfurter ’ s response to Jackson ’ s systematic destruction of his Gobitis decision was one of anger, and Justices Roberts and Murphy tried to get him to revise his opinion, arguing that the first two lines were “ much too personal ”.