in absentia

English

Etymology

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

Prepositional phrase

in absentia

1. (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: зао́чно (ru) (zaóčno), в отсу́тствие (ru) (v otsútstvije)