latitat
English
Etymology
Latin , meaning "he lies hidden".
Noun
latitat (plural latitats)
- (Britain, law, historical) A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Blackstone to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for latitat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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