Absent
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
Being away: away, not present; not at one's domicil or usual place of business; out of the jurisdiction. Compare Presence.
Absentee.
A person who has resided ia the State and has departed without leaving any one to represent him; also, a person who was never domiciliated in the State and resides abroad. 2 Absence does not necessarily mean out of the State; it may refer to cases of default without service of process. Where the presence of a defendant is not secured by appearance or service of summons to appear, a judgment rendered upon his involuntary default is rendered " in his absence." ^ See Abscond. Notice by publication (g. v.) is often given to absent defendants. Brief or temporary absence from a dwelling-house, in the law of arson, burglary, and insxu'ance (gg. v.), does not, as a rule, affect the owner's rights.