Absentee
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
One who absents himself from a state, from his residence, or from an office or place where official duty is to be performed. Applied to a landlord who resides in a country other than that from which he draws his rents. Mc Culloch, Polit. Econ. In Louisiana Practice. Either a nonresident or a resident who has departed from the state, leaving no one to represent him.
14 La. 447; 15 La. 81; 16 La. Ann. 390.
A resident temporarily absent, but retaining his domicile, so that service may be made on him there, is not an absentee.
16 La. Ann. 390; 18 La. Ann. 695.
A curator ad hoc (q. v.) may be appointed for an absentee.