whereabouts, n. The general locale where a person or thing is (her whereabouts are unknown) (the Joneses’ present whereabouts is a closely guarded secret). • As the examples illustrate, this noun, though plural in form, may be construed with either a plural or a singular verb. — whereabouts, adv. & conj.
disappeared person. A person who has been absent from home for a specified number of continuous years (often five or seven) and who, during that period, has not communicated with the person most likely to know his or her whereabouts. See SEVEN-YEARS’-ABSENCE RULE; MISSING PERSON. [Cases: Absentees 2. C.J.S. Absentees § 2.]
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Louisiana law. A person who has no representative in the state and whose whereabouts are not known and cannot be ascertained by diligent effort. La. Civ. Code art. 47.
no evidence. 1. The lack of a legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a reasonable fact-finder to rule in favor of the party who bears the burden of proof (there is no evidence in the record about his whereabouts at midnight). • Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a party can move for judgment as
missing person. 1. Someone whose whereabouts are unknown and, after a reasonable time, seem to be unascertainable. 2. Someone whose continuous and unexplained absence entitles the heirs to petition a court to declare the person dead and to divide up the person’s property. See SEVEN-YEARS’-ABSENCE RULE . Cf. DISAPPEARED PERSON. [Cases: Death 2. C.J.S. Death