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§ 9539. Failure of plaintiff to appear; adjournment or dismissal.

If a plaintiff litigating a civil suit fails to appear at any proceeding scheduled by the Court, the Court shall either:

enter a nonsuit judgment, which may be taken off in like manner as a judgment by default; dismiss the action according to court rule; or adjourn the matter for further proceedings, as the circumstances direct.

Code 1852, § 2083;  Code 1915, § 4011;  Code 1935, § 4497;  10 Del. C. 1953, § 9543;  76 Del. Laws, c. 27, § 6;