In civilian telecommunications, outside plant refers to all of the physical cabling and supporting infrastructure (such as conduit, cabinets, tower or poles), and any associated hardware (such as repeaters) located between a demarcation point in a switching facility and a demarcation point in another switching center or customer premises.
Absentia is Latin for absence. In absentia, a legal term, is Latin for in the absence or while absent. (In) absentia may also refer to: Award in absentia. Declared death in absentia. Election in absentia.
In most common law jurisdictions a missing person can be declared dead in absentia (or legally dead) after seven years. This time frame may be reduced in certain cases, such as deaths in major battles or mass disasters such as the September 11, 2001 attacks.