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Absentee

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

[Fr. absent; Lat, absens.] One who is away from his domicil, or usual place of residence.

Bouvier.

One who has resided in the state, and has departed without leaving any one to represent him.

Civil Code of Louisiana, Art. 3522, n. 3.

One who never was domiciliated in the state, and resides abroad. Id. ibid.