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...The facts stated in the petition mentioned in section 2321.21 of the Revised Code, shall be considered as denied, without answer. If the service is complete in vacation, the case shall be heard and summarily decided at the ensuing term, and when completed in term, within twenty days after service. The case shall be placed on the trial docket, and the witnesses examined in open court, or their depositions taken as in ...

...In an action for the foreclosure of a mortgage, the court may at any stage in the action require the mortgagor and the mortgagee to participate in mediation as the court considers appropriate and may include a stipulation that requires the mortgagor and the mortgagee to appear at the mediation in person.

...When a mortgage is foreclosed or a specific lien enforced, a sale of the property, or a transfer of property pursuant to sections 323.28, 323.65 to 323.78, and 5721.19 of the Revised Code, shall be ordered by the court having jurisdiction or the county board of revision with jurisdiction pursuant to section 323.66 of the Revised Code. When the real property to be sold is in one or more tracts, the court may o...

...When a married woman sues or is sued, proceedings shall be had and judgment shall be rendered and enforced as if she were unmarried. Her property and estate is liable for a judgment against her, but she is entitled to the benefits of all applicable exemptions provided by statute.

...A person indebted, or against whom a cause of action exists, may personally appear in a court of competent jurisdiction, and, with the assent of the creditor, or person having such cause of action, confess judgment; whereupon judgment shall be entered accordingly. The debt or cause of action shall be briefly stated in the judgment, or in a writing to be filed as pleadings in other actions. Such judgment shall autho...

... (A) An attorney who confesses judgment in a case, at the time of making such confession, must produce the warrant of attorney for making it to the court before which he makes the confession. Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, if the maker or any of several makers resides within the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal court established under section 1901.01 of the Revised Code, or signed the warrant o...

...A warrant of attorney to confess judgment, executed by a person in custody, in favor of the person at whose suit he is in custody, shall be of no force unless executed in the presence of an attorney expressly named by the person in custody, and signed by him as a witness.

...It is not necessary to reserve in a judgment or order the right of a minor to show cause against it after attaining the age of majority; but in any case in which, but for this section, such reservation would have been proper, within one year after his majority, the minor may show cause against such order or judgment.

...Except as provided in section 2323.26 of the Revised Code, the clerk shall make a complete record of every cause as soon as it is finally determined when ordered on the journal to do so, unless such record, or some part thereof, is waived. The clerk shall make up such record in each cause when so ordered.

...The record provided for in section 2323.23 of the Revised Code shall be made up from the complaint, the process, returns, pleadings subsequent thereto, reports, verdicts, orders, judgments, and all material acts and proceedings of the court. If items of an account, or copies of papers attached to pleadings are voluminous, the court may order the record to be made by abbreviating them or inserting a pertinent descript...

...When the judicial acts or other proceedings of a court have not been regularly brought up and recorded by the clerk, such court may have them made up and recorded within such time as it directs. When made up, and found to be correct, the presiding judge shall sign them.

...A complete record need not be made: (A) When an action has been dismissed without prejudice to a future action; (B) In actions in which, in open court, at the term at which the final order or judgment is made, both parties declare their agreement that no record shall be made.

...A copy of the record or part of the record of any extracounty action or proceeding that affects the title to or possession of real property, when authenticated as provided in Civil Rule 44, may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the real property or any part of the real property is situated. Upon payment of the fees prescribed by division (W) of section 2303.20 of ...

...When deemed necessary, the court, by order on the journal, may direct its clerk to transcribe any book in his office into a new volume, and the transcript so made shall be as valid as the original.

...When an action has been dismissed without prejudice to a future action, the clerk shall make a complete record of the proceedings, upon being paid therefor by the party requesting it.

...The clerk shall keep, either as part of the general index or as a separate one, an index, direct and reverse, of all judgments, by names of parties alphabetically arranged, showing in separate columns the name of the judgment debtor, the name of the judgment creditor, the amount of the judgment and the year and term when it was rendered, the page of the journal on which it is entered, the volume and page of the final...

... In all actions in which the plaintiff is a nonresident of the county in which the action is brought, a partnership suing by its company name, an insolvent corporation, or any party required to furnish security under section 2323.31 of the Revised Code, the plaintiff shall deposit cash or furnish security for costs. The surety must be a resident of the county and approved by the clerk. The obligation of the surety sh...

... The court of common pleas by rule may require an advance deposit for the filing of any civil action or proceeding or of any responsive action by the defendant. On the motion of any party, and if satisfied that such deposit is insufficient, the court may require it to be increased from time to time, so as to secure all costs that may accrue in the cause, or may require personal security to be given. However, if a p...

... (A) For purposes of this section, "indigent litigant" means a litigant who is unable to make an advance deposit or security for fees or costs as set forth in a civil action or proceeding. (B)(1) In order to qualify as an indigent litigant, the applicant shall file with the court in which a civil action or proceeding is filed an affidavit of indigency in a form approved by the supreme court, or, until that court a...

...Sections 2323.30 and 2323.31 of the Revised Code do not require administrators or executors to give security for costs in any suit commenced or prosecuted by them in the county in which they have been appointed or qualified, and in which they have given bond as such.

... (A) If security for costs is not given in a case mentioned in sections 2323.30 to 2323.32 of the Revised Code, at any time before the commencement of the trial, on motion of the defendant, and notice to the plaintiff, the court shall dismiss the action, unless in a reasonable time, which it may allow, security is given. (B) This section does not apply if a party makes an application under section 2323.30 or 2323.3...

...If the plaintiff becomes a nonresident of the county in which the suit is brought, during its pendency, he may be compelled, in the manner stated in sections 2323.30 to 2323.33, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to give security.

...In an action in which security for costs has been given, at any time before commencement of the trial, after reasonable notice to the plaintiff, the defendant may move the court for additional security. On such motion if the court is satisfied that the surety has removed from this state, or is not sufficient, the action may be dismissed, unless, in a reasonable time, to be fixed by the court, sufficient security is g...

...After final judgment in an action in which security for costs has been given, on motion of the defendant or a person having a right to such costs, or a part thereof, after ten days' notice of such motion, the court may render judgment in the name of the defendant, or his legal representatives, against the surety, his executors, or administrators, for the amount of costs adjudged against the plaintiff, or so much ther...

...(A) In any civil action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim, the defendant may introduce evidence of any amount payable as a benefit to the plaintiff as a result of the damages that result from an injury, death, or loss to person or property that is the subject of the claim, except if the source of collateral benefits has a mandatory self-effectuating federal right of subrogation, a contractual ...