单词 | latitat |
释义 | latitatn. Law. Obsolete exc. Historical. a. A writ which supposed the defendant to lie concealed and which summoned him to answer in the King's Bench. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > summons > other types of summons latitat1565 judgment summons1847 speeding ticket1960 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Annotare reos absentes, when the iudge ordeineth persons accused in their absence to be sought for: as to send out a latitat. ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Gi Then ryseth quarrell..Out gon sub penes, out flaien latitattes. 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 67 Writs, Latitats, and Procidendos. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 66 I desire him also to conceale himself as deeply as he can, if he cannot get a speciall pardon, to weare a Latitat, about his neck. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 236 There issues out a writ of latitat, to the sheriff of another county. 1796 J. Anstey Pleader's Guide i. 44 If haply John-a-Stile provoke The legal fight 'gainst John-a-Noke, The Latitat the foe besieges And baffles him in Banco Regis. 1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton (1878) v. 32 You may laugh at a latitat,..and snap your fingers at any process-server. 1848 Stewart Mem. A. Averell xviii. 375 Having bailiffs serving him with latitats. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [noun] skulking1297 skulkery?a1400 lotingc1400 lurking1563 mitching1577 lusking1579 latitation1623 latitat1647 skulk1858 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 248 In which his flight..he was a while in Latium, which took the name from his latitat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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