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Section 83 In case of default accountant to proceed ex parte.C1

In case of failure to lodge any note or answer or productions within the time appointed, the accountant shall proceed to dispose of the cause upon the evidence and statements submitted to him; and in case of the failure of one of the parties to attend any diet without reasonable excuse, he shall proceed to dispose of the cause, after hearing the explanations of the other party, according to his opinion on its merits.

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Ss. 50–101 repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I (and re-enacted in part as referred to in Sch. 2 Pt. II of that Act)