Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1853

Defendant’s Right to try upon Default of the Plaintiff.

CVII. Nothing herein contained shall affect the Right of a Defendant to take down a Cause for Trial, after Default by the Plaintiff to proceed to Trial as aforesaid; and it shall be lawful for the Defendant, after such Default, to proceed to have the Abstract of the Issues settled in the same Manner as the Plaintiff might have done.