nonappearance
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But in his decision Friday, Settle found that “defendant poses a serious risk of nonappearance … and that no condition or combination of conditions can reasonably assure the defendant’s appearance as required.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2021
“There would be nothing ‘fair’ in dismissing a case for the nonappearance of a victim when the victim did not receive the advance notice of the trial date to which he was legally entitled.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2021
Hill’s “case” before the Judiciary Committee was cut off at the knees by Wright’s nonappearance.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2016
And now he has released “Sorry,” which was viewed approximately twenty million times in its first forty-eight hours, despite—or perhaps because of—his nonappearance.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2015
He is the embodiment of that "missing link" whose nonappearance had hitherto given so much comfort to the sceptical.
From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Henry Smith Williams
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