See also:

• LACHES (from Anglo-French lachesse, negligence, from lasche, modern ldche, unloosed, slack)

LACHES (from Anglo-See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French lachesse, See also:

• NEGLIGENCE (Lat. negligentia, from negligere, to neglect, literally " not to pick up ")

negligence, from lasche, See also:

• MODERN

modern ldche, unloosed, slack)  , a See also:

• TERM

term for slackness or See also:

• NEGLIGENCE (Lat. negligentia, from negligere, to neglect, literally " not to pick up ")

negligence, used particularly in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law to signify negligence on the See also:

• PART

part of a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person in doing that which he is by law See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound to do, or unreasonable See also:

• LAPSE (Lat. lapses, a slip or departure)

lapse of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in asserting a right, seeking See also:

• RELIEF

relief, or claiming a See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege . See also:

• LACHES (from Anglo-French lachesse, negligence, from lasche, modern ldche, unloosed, slack)

Laches is frequently a See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar to a remedy which might have been had. if prosecuted in proper time . Statutes of See also:

• LIMITATION, STATUTES OF

limitation specify the time within which various classes of actions may be brought . Apart from statutes of limitation courts of See also:

• EQUITY (Lat. aequitas)

equity will often refuse relief to those 50 who have allowed unreasonable time to elapse in seeking it, on the principle vigilanlibus ac non dormientibus See also:

• JURA
• JURA (" deer island ")

jura subveniunt .