Absentee

A landlord who resides in a country other than that from which he draws his rents.

Mc Culloch, Polit. Econ.; 33 British Quart. Rev. 455.

One who has left his residence in a state leaving no one to represent him; Bartlett v. Wheeler, 31 La. Ann. 540; or who resides in another state but has property in Louisiana; Penn v. Evans, 2S id.

576.

It has been also defined as one who has never been domiciled in the state and who resides abroad.

Morris v. Bienvenu, 30 id. 878.

As to grant of administration upon property of persons long absent, see Administkation.

ABS0ILE.

To pardon; to deliver from excommunication. Staunford, PI.

Cr. 72; Kelham.

Sometimes spelled assoile, which see. ABSOLUTE (Lat absolvere). Complete; perfect; final; without any condition or encumbrance; as an absolute bond (simplex obligatio) in distinction from a conditional bond; an absolute estate, one that is free from all manner of condition or incumbrance. See Condition. A rule is said to be absolute when on the hearing it is confirmed and made final. A conveyance is said to be absolute, as distinguished from a mortgage or other conditional conveyance; 1 Powell, Mort. 125. Absolute rights are such as appertain and belong to particular persons merely as individuals or single persons, as distinguished from relative rights, which are incident to them as members of society; 1 Sharsw.

Bla. Com. 123; 1 Chit. Pr. 32.

Absolute property ^s where a man hath solely and exclusively the right and also the occupation of movable chattels; distinguished from a qualified property, as that of a bailee; 2 Sharsw. Bla. Com. 388; 2 Kent fee simple; Johnson v. Mcintosh, 8 Wheat. (U. S.) 543, 5 1, Ed. GS1; Fuller v. Misaroon, 35 S. C. 314, 14 S. E. 714; Columbia Water Power Co. v. Tower Co., 172 U. S. i'->-, 19 Sup. Ct. 247, 4:: L. Ed. 521. In the law of insurance that is an absolute interest in property which is so completely vested in the individual that there could be no danger of his being deprived of it without his own consent; Hough v. Ins. Co., 29 Conn. 10, 7(5 Am. Dec. 581: v. Ins. Co., 2 Grant, Cas. (Pa.) •';-<"<; Washington Fire Ins. Co. v. Kelly,:i2 Md. Am. Rep. L49; Columbia Water Power Co. v. Power Co., 1T_' !'. S. 492, It) Sup. Ct. 2 L. Ed. 521. It may lie used in the sense of vested; Williams v. Ins. Co., 17 Fed. 65; Hough v. Ins. Co., 29 Conn. 20, 76 Am. Dec. 581.