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Answer for the clue "Failure to appear (especially as at court) ", 13 letters:
nonappearance

Word definitions for nonappearance in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. failure to appear (especially as at court)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nonappearance \Non`ap*pear"ance\, n. Default of appearance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A failure to appear, especially in a trial

Usage examples of nonappearance.

A token of that respect had been his own nonappearance at the hospital while Dustin was recuperating.

Monk had succeeded in getting a composite picture of the skinny man in the gray suit who had caused the nonappearance of all the news condensers, and had distributed them as Doc had directed.

At this time tomorrow Columbine made another nonappearance, and Barry began to suspect she was deliberately avoiding him.

The only factor that could possibly have astonished him, just now, would have been the nonappearance of that slight, luminous cloudlet at the precise spot and moment designated.

While he had said nothing, the bronze man had been worried about the nonappearance of Renny and Johnny.

His nonappearance back on deck would very soon throw the others into confusion, especially now with our impending landing upon the asteroid.

That man was convicted on all counts, including reckless driving and nonappearance (bail jumping).

Three French cavalry divisions under General Sordet would enter Belgium on August 6 to reconnoiter German strength east of the Meuse, but only the nonappearance of the English, Joffre said, would induce him to extend his left wing.