{"data":{"id":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-4253","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"12 V.S.A. § 4253","heading":"Failure of defendant to appear; consequence","body":"In an action for an accounting, if a verdict is found against the defendant or if he or she does not appear, or appearing confesses that he or she ought to account, the court shall render judgment that he or she account.","path":["Title 12: Court Procedure","Chapter 161: Action for an Accounting"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/161/04253","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:45:57Z","sha256":"8ad4da68d69b8b20d8bf58cdfc419c64332c784197afb561b2b1a2c1e8119170","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-4252","next":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-4254"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}