SEVEN-YEARS’-ABSENCE RULE

SEVEN-YEARS’-ABSENCE RULE

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 ¡ì 551, at 527 (1988).


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