in absentia
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin in absentia (“in absence”).
Prepositional phrase
editin absentia
- (law) While not present; while absent
- The defendant was convicted in absentia after fleeing during the trial.
- 2004 October 28, Leslie Feinberg, “Denazification in socialist Germany opened door to gay rights”, in Workers World[1]:
- The first chancellor of West Germany, w:Conrad Adenauer […] continued to keep w:Hans Globke as his secretary of the chancellery despite protests. […] Even after an East German court indicted Globke in absentia in 1950, Adenauer would not budge.
- (transferred sense, possibly proscribed) Absent in general; not present.
- Since then, the ex-minister has been in absentia, likely relaxing on his private yacht.
- 2016, Yuu Kamiya, translated by Daniel Komen, No Game No Life, volume 4:
- At Sora’s involuntary acknowledgment of their crew currently in absentia, Shiro nodded.
Translations
editwhile not present
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