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To go in a clandestine manner out of the jurisdiction of the courts, or to lie concealed, in order to avoid their process. To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process. To postpone limitations. To flee from arresting or prosecuting officers of the state. abscond v. 1) traditionally to leave a jurisdiction (where the court, a process server or law enforcement can find one) to avoid being served with legal papers or being arrested. 2) a surprise leaving with funds or goods that have been stolen, as in "he absconded with the loot." ABSCOND. To go in a clandestine manner out of the jurisdiction of the courts, or to lie concealed in order to avoid their process. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| When a British industrialist is professionally murdered amid an
international oil crisis, his wife absconds, and a malicious pattern
begins to unfold. Wind gusts sporadically through the skinny pines to animate
the suspended white cloth, daylight absconds, an ominous hum slowly
crescendos, and, suddenly, as though the trees were dreaming, the
putative zenith of pre--World War II Western sophistication blooms in
the midst of Europe's oldest forest: On the blowsy sheet is
projected Fred Astaire's famous dance sequence from Top Hat (1935),
the orchestra's flourishes punctuated by fake gunshots. When Emma's boss (nicknamed Lucifer), despised by Emma for not
much better reason than that he remains immune to her charms, in a
sudden, anticipated-all-book-long strike, finally absconds with her
(simply a reassignment of Emma to a work location she does not prefer),
we are not moved to round up a search party. |
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