latitat

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/ˈlætɪtæt/

noun

A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.

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Meanings

nounlatitat (plural latitats)

plural latitats

  1. UKhistoricallawA 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

    1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
  2. obsoleteslangA lawyer.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
abogadoadvocateattorneyavocatcounselcounselorlawmanlawyerlegal representativelimb of the lawman of law

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

latitat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latitat

MLA

“latitat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latitat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “latitat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latitat.

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