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latitat

/ˈlætɪtæt/

latitat noun: a writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.

Noun

latitat (plural latitats)

  1. (UK, historical) A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.
    • This bill of Middlesex must be served on the defendant by the sheriff, if he finds him in that county; but , if he returns “non est inventus" then there issues out a writ of latitat to the sheriff of another county1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete, slang) A lawyer.

Forms of latitat

plurallatitats

Origin of latitat

Latin, meaning "he lies hidden", from latito.

Questions about latitat

What does latitat mean?
Latitat means a writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.
What part of speech is latitat?
Latitat is a noun.
How do you pronounce latitat?
Latitat is pronounced /ˈlætɪtæt/.
What is the plural of latitat?
The plural of latitat is latitats.

Words near latitat in the dictionary

  1. latissimus
  2. latissimus dorsi
  3. latisternal
  4. latitancy
  5. latitant
  6. latitat
  7. latitation
  8. latitats
  9. latite
  10. latites
  11. latitic

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