English to Polish Law/Patents Law (general) legal term

dokument: Judgment of Divorce
kontekst: This matter having come before the court for final in the presence of XY, attorney for the plaintiff, ... and the plaintiff having pleaded and proven a cause of action for divorce ... and the defendant having failed to answer or otherwise move as to the Complaint, for which reason default was entered against her;
Thereupon ... it is ordered and adjudged ...
Pytanie jak w temacie, tj. co znaczy tu 'default'?