in absentia

(formal)

if something happens to someone in absentia, they are not present when it happens to them The court convicted her in absentia and fined her $500.

in absentia

While not present, as in He was tried and convicted in absentia, or He was awarded his degree in absentia. This expression is Latin for "in absence"; its use in English dates from the late 1800s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anina	ah-NEE-nah	German
Yevgeniy	yev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-nee	Russian
Olegario	-	Spanish
Kristjan	-	Estonian, Slovene
Bakir	-	Bosnian
Halley	['hæli]