Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Absence
The state of being away from one's usual place of residence. 2. A failure to appear when expected.
leave of absence.
A worker's temporary absence from employment or duty with the intention to return. ( Salary and seniority normally are unaffected by a leave of absence.
seven-years'-absence rule.
The principle that a person who has been missing without explanation for at least seven years is legally presumed dead. Cf. ENOCH ARDEN LAW. "[I]n the United States, it is quite generally held or provided by statute that a presumption of death arises from the continued and unexplained absence of a person from his home or place of residence without any intelligence from or concerning him for the period of 7 years. The presumption has been regarded as a procedural expedient and a rule of evidence." 22A Am. Jur. 2d Death ยง 551, at 527 (1988). severability. See BLUE-PENCIL TEST,