Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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appearance, n. procedure. a coming into court as a party or interested person, or as a lawyer on behalf of a party or interested person. -appear, vb.
the english courts did not, until modern times, claim jurisdiction over the person of the defendant merely by service of summons upon him. it was deemed necessary to resort to further process by attachment of his property and arrest of his person to compel 'appearance,' which is not mere presence in court, but some act by which a person who is sued submits himself to the authority and jurisdiction of the court. any steps in the action, such as giving bail upon arrest, operated as an appearance or submission." benjamin j. shipman, handbook of common-law pleading ยง 5, at 24 (henry winthrop ballantine ed., 3d ed. 1923)
interested person
A person having a property right in or claim against a thing, such as a trust or decedent's estate.
interested person.
See PERSON.