What Is A Special Appearance in Court?

If you ever find yourself attending court in order to defend against a traffic citation, there is only one way you can do so if you wish to prevail in the matter using the common law.  But before we disclose that way, let’s become clear about what it means to enter a court in response to a legal matter, and most especially a state or municipal court. Any time a person consents to entering a statutory court they are said to be making an “appearance” and thus “responding ” to a matter. A response to a matter is an indication of having consented to being recognized as a party to the action, thereby resulting in personam jurisdiction. However, if you know that you are not a party to the action, that the other party has demonstrated no authority over you with regard to the matter at hand and is attempting to lure you into a fraudulent matter, then you must take care in how you approach the court in order to seek remedy.

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