nonsummons means the mode in which a tenant or defendant in a real action pleaded, when the summons which followed the original was not served within the proper time. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.
Etymology
From non- + summons.
noun
- The mode in which a tenant or defendant in a real action pleaded, when the summons which followed the original was not served within the proper time.