appearance is used particularly to signify or designate the overt act by which one

against whom suit has been commenced submits himself to the courts jurisdiction,
[Blankenship v Blankenship, 263 Ala 297, 82 So 2d 335;
Appearance. A coming into court as party to a suit, either in person or by attorney,
whether as plaintiff or defendant. The formal proceeding by which a defendant
submits himself to the jurisdiction of the court. The voluntary submission to a
court's jurisdiction. Blacks law Dictionary 5th Ed.