欠けっ席せき裁さい判ばん

noun

trial in absentia; default judgment

Legal term for a trial or judgment rendered when the defendant is absent. Also used figuratively for making a decision without hearing from the affected party.

• 被ひ告こくが一いち度ども出しゅっ廷ていしなかったため、欠けっ席せき裁さい判ばんで有ゆう罪ざい判はん決けつが下くだされた。

  Because the defendant never appeared in court, a guilty verdict was handed down in a trial in absentia.

• 彼かれは会かい議ぎに呼よばれずに欠けっ席せき裁さい判ばんでクビになった。

  He was fired by default judgment without being invited to the meeting.