trial in absentia

A trial held without the accused being present.

• In the United States, a trial may be held in absentia only if the accused has either voluntarily left after the trial has started else has so disrupted the proceedings that the judge orders the accused’s removal as a last resort.

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译者陈鹏，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，擅长翻译各种与诉讼及争议解决相关的法律文件。