订契约的一方未到场。

A party to the contract defaulted.

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但是他声称，当他在被审问时，Christopher Perino探员试图在律师未到场的情况下和他谈话，并告诉他：他必须在看到法官之前认罪。

But he claimed that while being interrogated, Detective Christopher Perino tried to talk him out of getting a lawyer, and told him that he had to sign a confession before he could see a judge.

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The moral of the story... and by the way, they bring him out during meetings of the board at University College London and the minutes record him as present but not voting.

其寓意在于。。。，顺便说一句，伦敦大学学院理事会在开会时,都会把他推出来,会议记录上写着，他到场但未参与表决。

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