Arkansas Code Title 16, Subtitle 2, Chapter 19, Subchapter 7 - Dismissal, Default, Etc.

• § 16-19-701 - Dismissal for Want of Prosecution Generally.
  If the plaintiff fails to appear in person, or by his agent or attorney, on the return day of the summons, or at any...
• § 16-19-702 - Judgment on Proof on Defendant's Nonappearance Generally.
  When the plaintiff's claim is not founded on a written instrument as described in § 16-19-703(a) and the defendant does not appear, the justice...
• § 16-19-703 - Actions Founded on Written Instruments Liquidating the Claim of the Plaintiff -- Effect of Failure of Parties to Appear.
  (a) When the suit is founded on an instrument of writing purporting to have been executed by the defendant, in which the demand of...
• § 16-19-704 - Setoff on Written Instrument.
  In the cases contemplated in §§ 16-19-702 and 16-19-703(b), if the defendant has previously filed a setoff, founded on a written instrument purporting to...
• § 16-19-705 - Setting Aside Judgment by Default or Dismissal for Want of Prosecution.
  A judgment of dismissal for want of prosecution, or judgment by default, may be set aside by the justice at any time within ten...
• § 16-19-706 - Compromises -- Confession of Judgment.
  (a) After an action for the recovery of money is brought in a justice of the peace court, the defendant may offer to compromise...

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