单词 | non-appearance |
释义 | non-appearancen. Failure or refusal to appear, esp. in a court of law, as a party to a suit or as a witness; failure to become apparent, materialize, or come into being. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > appearance before court > non-appearance non-appearance1475 non-compearance1500 non-compearing1545 the world > space > place > absence > [noun] > failure to appear non-appearancea1676 1475 Rolls of Parl. VI. 134/1 Londes..they forfetted by their noun apperaunce. 1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 9 §12 The Loss..that the Party..shall sustain by reason of the Non-appearance of the said Witness. 1629 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. (ed. 2) iii. vii. 438, f. 259v/a Default is a French word, and Defalta is legally taken for Non-apparence in Court. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 161 Arts and Sciences..have their non-appearances for some Ages, and then seem first to discover themselves where before they were not known. 1722 E. Ward Poet. Entertainer ii. 31 Therefore excus'd his long forbearance Approving of his non-appearance. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. x. 193 Through their default or non-appearance in a possessory action, they were..without any remedy. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. 438 She..wished to meet Edgar..to apologise for her non-appearance the preceeding evening. 1816 J. Chitty Criminal Law I. 359 The five exactions or callings of the defendant, and his non-appearance at the five successive county courts. 1846 R. Browning Luria i, in Bells & Pomegranates No. VIII 7/1 The non-appearance of our foe's ally. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (1897) I. iii. 60 Although it does not follow that it was unknown to them, its non-appearance is a presumptive evidence of superior simplicity of organisation. 1917 E. Wharton Summer xii. 173 It had been made clear to her that her non-appearance might excite conjecture, and, reluctantly, she had joined the other workers. 1961 L. F. Brosnahan Sounds of Lang. v. 97 The appearance and non-appearance of the velar fricative [etc.]. 1993 L. J. Staughton in Lloyds' Rep. II. 210 The reasons now given in an affidavit for their non-appearance seem to me distinctly implausible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1475 |
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