in absentia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin in + absentia (“absence”).

Prepositional phrase

in absentia

(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)

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