Laches
[lach-iz] /ˈlætʃ ɪz/
noun, (used with a singular verb) Law.
1.
failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding.
/ˈlætʃɪz/
noun
1.
(law) negligence or unreasonable delay in pursuing a legal remedy
n.
“negligence in performance of legal dute,” 1570s, earlier simply “slackness, negligence, want of zeal,” late 14c., from Anglo-French laches, Old French lachesse, from Old French lasche (Modern French lâche), verbal adj. from lascher, from Vulgar Latin *lascare, classical laxare, from laxus (see loose). Cf. riches.
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