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Definition of Latitat
1. n. A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.
Definition of Latitat
1. Noun. (UK legal historical) A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Latitat
1. a special writ [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Latitat
Literary usage of Latitat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, in Personal by William Tidd, Francis Joseph Troubat, Asa Israel Fish, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1856)
"There is no necessity for any particular number of days between the teste and
return of a latitat, or other process by bill: even one was formerly deemed ..."
2. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1844)
"Where he came from, or where he went to, Mr. latitat could not divine. ...
cogitated Mr. latitat, "if I could but coax that gent to let me give these people ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Cresswell Cresswell (1829)
"But the demurrer ad- mits that no bill of Middlesex was sued out before the last
latitat issued, and the only question raised in this case is, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1869)
"It has been decided that a latitat without а bill of Middlesex, ... Then, if the
latitat was a good commencement of the action, the rejoinder, which states ..."
5. Common-law Pleading: Its History and Principles : Including Dicey's Rules by Richard Ross Perry, Albert Venn Dicey, Henry John Stephen (1897)
"BILL OF MIDDLESEX, latitat AND Quo MINUS. This brings us to the consideration of
the fictions, whereby the King's Bench and the Exchequer intruded upon the ..."
6. An Historical Treatise of an Action Or Suit at Law: And of the Proceedings by Richard Boote (1781)
"... fo that the Defendant might be taken on the latitat in any County, ... and was
returned; and upon this the Form of the latitat came to be altered ..."
7. A Treatise on the Parties to Actions, the Forms of Actions, and on Pleading ...by Joseph Chitty, John A. Dunlap by Joseph Chitty, John A. Dunlap (1819)
"... 611. rights of common, locus in quo defendant's freehold, 609. under mesne
process an entry, &c. under a latitat, 630. under final process an entry ..."
8. A Treatise on Pleading, and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening, John A. Dunlap, Edward Duncan Ingraham, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1866)
"... î>. and two others, was •feted as a latitat against D. and John Doe, it ( та
ruled no variance, l TR 238. f (}) Where in an action for an escape, ..."
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