Latitat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlætɪtæt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Latitat is a noun meaning (UK, law, historical) A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.
Meaning
(UK, law, historical) A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.
More Meanings
- (slang, obsolete) A lawyer.
Example Sentences
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 county
Word Forms
- latitats
Related Words
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