general appearance
A general-purpose appearance that waives a party’s ability later to dispute the court’s au-thority to enter a binding judgment against him or her. [Cases: Appearance 8(1), 19(1); Federal Civil Pro-cedure 566. C.J.S. Appearances §§ 6, 13, 18–19, 21–22, 24, 30, 34, 39, 53.]