Application for leave to commence action and notice to defendant.
Section 205
SEC. 205. Application for leave to commence action and notice to defendant. — Upon application for leave to commence such action, in accordance with section two hundred, the court or judge may, in its or his discretion, direct notice thereof to be given to the defendant previous to granting such leave, and may hear the defendant in opposition thereto; and if leave be granted, entry thereof shall be made on the docket or the fact shall be indorsed by the judge on the complaint, which shall then be filed.