English → Latin
“non-appearance” in Latin
contumāxinsolent, obstinate, stiff-necked, defiant; who refuses to appear in a court of law, in disobedience of a summons; unyiesistōto cause to stand; to set; to place; to stop, to halt; to place oneself; to stand
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
non-appearance
(In law)(In law), desertum vadimonium (when bail is forfeited): contumacia (wilful contempt of any lawful summons or judicial order), or, by circumlocution, with (se) sistere: to make an affidavit of anybody’s non-appearance, testificari aliquem se non stitisse (Cic.): if the non-appearance of the defendant is caused by a trick on the part of the accuser, si reus dolo actoris non stiterit (Ulp.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for non-appearance?
- The usual Latin words for “non-appearance” are contumāx, sistō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.