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2024
in_absentia
in absentia
English
Adverb
in
absentia
(
not comparable
)
(
law
)
While not present; while
absent
The defendant was convicted
in absentia
after fleeing during the trial.
Translations
while not present
Dutch:
in absentia
,
bij afwezigheid
Finnish:
poissaolevana
French:
par contumace
(fr)
Greek:
ερήμην
(el)
(
erímin
)
Hungarian:
távollétében
Icelandic:
í fjarveru
,
að fjarstöddum
Russian:
заочно
(ru)
(
zaóčno
)
Etymology
Borrowing
from
Latin
in
+
absentia
(
“
absence
”
)
.
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