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in absentia

ADVERB
  1. while absent; although absent
    he was sentenced in absentia

How To Use in absentia In A Sentence

  • He was subsequently charged and sentenced in absentia to 22 years in prison for embezzlement.
  • His attorney claims that this ‘trial in absentia’ was a denial of natural justice.
  • An Italian court convicted him in absentia for his terrorist activities.
  • He has already been sentenced in absentia to multiple life terms for murder, extortion and drug trafficking. Times, Sunday Times
  • He has already been sentenced in absentia to multiple life terms for murder, extortion and drug trafficking. Times, Sunday Times
  • Last fall, when my friend Dr. Goggin cornered me and asked me to address you, to inflict some remarks upon you I should say, I thought possibly I might, acquire merit in absentia. Some Considerations of Railway Regulation
  • As for the British memo description of Chalabi as a "fraudster" -- a reference to his 1991 conviction in absentia for bank fraud in Jordan -- Markham said his client vigorously denies the charges and has filed a lawsuit in the United States that will ultimately show "the whole thing was a sham. Terror Watch: From Downing Street to Capitol Hill
  • He won't be deported to his native Egypt, where he was sentenced to death in absentia.
  • The Swiss criminal procedure code does not exclude the possibility of holding a court trial of the accused person in absentia. Times, Sunday Times
  • Richard Wrangham has speculated that human beings practice mate guarding in absentia.
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