exeat
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The Latin word exeat ("he/she may leave") is most commonly used to describe a period of absence from a centre of learning.[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Exeat Exeat — definition] from the Free Online Dictionary.
In Britain
Exeat is used in Britain to describe leave of absence from a boarding school.[http://www.boardingschools.hobsons.com/advice/advice_overseas_boarding_uk_boarding Boarding in the UK]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, The Hobsons UK Boarding Schools Guide.
It is also used at certain colleges to define a required note to take absence -- such as for entire days, parts of a day, for appointments, interviews, open days and other {{clarify|text=fixtures.|date=October 2016}}[http://www.charterhouse.org.uk/OnlineForms Exeat & Leave Weekend Request Forms] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831024309/http://www.charterhouse.org.uk/OnlineForms |date=2012-08-31 }}, Charterhouse School. Students at Oxford University,{{cite web|url=http://www.spc.ox.ac.uk/uploads/regs_jnr_members_aug05.pdf |title=Regulations For Junior Members |publisher=Saint Peter's College, Oxford |date=August 2005 |accessdate=2012-05-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207103129/http://www.spc.ox.ac.uk/uploads/regs_jnr_members_aug05.pdf |archivedate=February 7, 2012 }} Cambridge University, and other British universities have in the past also been required to obtain such permission to leave college overnight, though such regulations are now less stringent.{{cite web|url=http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/queens/Misc/jargon/CUjargon-all.html |title=Glossary of Cambridge jargon |publisher=Queens.cam.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-05-07}}
In the Commonwealth
A similar method of exeat notifications is used in many Commonwealth schools.[http://www.newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au/_userfiles/pdf/about/HLD_School_Rules.pdf School Rules] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913005138/http://newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au/_userfiles/pdf/about/HLD_School_Rules.pdf |date=2009-09-13 }}, Newington College. It is common for Australian schools to call the long weekends of leave enjoyed by boarders an exeat weekend. This results in the boarding house closing for the weekend. This typically involves an extra day of leave associated with a public holiday to create a long weekend.[http://www.det.wa.gov.au/countryboarding/docs/Parent_Handbook_Broome.pdf Parent Handbook, p. 13] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903071912/http://det.wa.gov.au/countryboarding/docs/Parent_Handbook_Broome.pdf |date=2007-09-03 }}, Broome Residential College.
In New Zealand or South Africa, an exeat may refer to a period of day leave from a school. This is used as a way to record the coming and going of students from the campus.[http://www.wentworthcollege.school.nz/prospectus/contact_procedures.html Wentworth College – Prospectus – Contact Procedures] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912045922/http://www.wentworthcollege.school.nz/prospectus/contact_procedures.html |date=September 12, 2007 }}
See also
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