In law, loose practice, or where parties let matters sleep for above seven years, when by applying to the admiralty court they might have compelled the production of an account.
Lăchēs, m., name of an old man , Ter. Eun. 5, 5; id. Hec. 134; 198, and 199. ...
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·noun ·Alt. of <<Lache>>. ...
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