latitat

noun
/ˈlætɪtæt/

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. 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 county
  2. A lawyer.

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