laches
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English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman laches, from Old French lachesse (“laxness”), from laschier, from Vulgar Latin laxico, frequentative of Latin laxo (“relax, moderate, weaken”).
Pronunciation
Noun
laches
- Negligence in one's duty.
- 1919, Stanley J. Weyman, “V. The London Packet”, in The Great House:
- But there was a quality in Mary that did not lightly invite to gallantry—a gravity and a balance that, had he looked closely into the matter, might have explained his laches.
- (law) An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim alleging a wrong, which means the person who waited shall not be permitted to seek an equitable remedy because the delay prejudiced the moving party.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 15, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney.
Translations
legal doctrine
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References
- W. Martin with G A. J. Tops, et al. (1998) Van Dale Groot Woordenboek Engels–Nederlands [Van Dale Great Dictionary, English–Dutch], 3rd edition, volume I, Utrecht, Antwerp: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN.
Further reading
- “laches”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
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