Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Latin, literally "in (his/her/their) absence" (see absence).
Wiktionary
adv. (context legal English) While not present; while absent
WordNet
adv. while absent; although absent; "he was sentenced in absentia"
Wikipedia
Absentia is Latin for absence. In absentia, a legal term, is Latin for "in the absence" or "while absent".
(In) absentia may also refer to:
- Award in absentia
- Declared death in absentia
- Election in absentia
- Excommunication in absentia
- Graduation in absentia
- In absentia health care, the provision of healthcare in the absence of a personal contact
- Trial in absentia
In Absentia, a short film commissioned by the BBC as a part of a series called "Sound on Film International", was a collaboration with the filmmakers The Brothers Quay and musical composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, elder statesman of the twentieth-century musical avant-garde. Keith Griffiths produced the film with production companies, Illuminations Films and Koninck. Marlene Kaminsky plays the woman in the film.
"In Absentia" is the second episode of the fifth and final season of the American Fox science fiction/ drama television series Fringe, and the show's 89th episode overall. The episode aired in the United States on October 5, 2012.
It was co-written by J.H. Wyman and David Fury, while being directed by Jeannot Szwarc.
Usage examples of "in absentia".
Not in absentia, as the remote guiding intelligence of a beetle but in person, in an ovular, tank-like suit the details of which would never come clear.
She was offered the opportunity to defend herself in court, but she rejected it and her plutocratic masters refused to surrender her for trial, which left the Ministry of Justice no choice but to order her tried in absentia.