“Saver default is the same as to excuse a default. And this is properly when a man having made default in court, comes afterwards, and alleges a good cause why he did it, as imprisonment at the same time, or the like.” Termes de la Ley 352 (1st Am. ed. 1812).
saver default
saver default (say-v[schwa]r di-fawlt). [Law French] Hist. To excuse a default. — Also spelled saver de fault; saver defaut.