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Meaning of latitat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

/ˈlætɪtæt/

Definitions

A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.
UK, historical
A lawyer.
obsolete, slang

Examples

“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”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

latitation latite Latitude latitude by account latitude, leeway Latitudes