absentee in the PONS Dictionary

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Parliamentary procedure contains some provisions designed to protect against a temporary majority violating the rights of absentees.
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Absentee owners rent their plots to farmers, generally on the basis of three-year contracts.
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Most of those who purchased lots in the area were absentee owners.
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When there was an absentee governor, or in a period between governors, the council acted as a government.
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After the election, a court battle over absentee and other ballots followed that lasted more than 11 months.
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The absentee-owned land would be exploited directly and indirectly, or just simply seized with the title held by claim club.
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If there was an absentee rector the glebe would usually be divided into rectorial glebe and the rest.
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In the 16th century, after the reconstruction, the abbey, in common with many other monasteries, was given to a series of absentee abbots "in commendam".
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Most absentee ballots are cast the day of the elections in alternate polling stations.
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As the deans and most of the canons continued to be absentees, their lands and rights were increasingly farmed out.
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