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laches
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laches
(encz) | laches,zanedbání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Laches
(gcide) | Laches \Lach"es\ (l[a^]sh"[e^]z), Lache \Lache\ (l[a^]sh), n.
[OF. lachesse, fr. lache lax, indolent, F. l[^a]che,
ultimately fr. L. laxus loose, lax. See Lax.] (Law)
Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the
proper time; especially, a delay in asserting a claim,
sufficient to cause a person to lose the right to
adjuducation of the claim by a court.
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It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches
with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. --Macaulay.
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LACHES
(bouvier) | LACHES. This word, derived from the French lecher, is nearly synonymous with
negligence.
2. In general, when a party has been guilty of laches in enforcing his
right by great delay and lapse of time, this circumstance will at common law
prejudice, and sometimes operate in bar of a remedy which it is
discretionary and not compulsory in the court to afford. In courts of
equity, also delay will generally prejudice. 1 Chit. Pr. 786, and the cases
there cited; 8 Com. Dig. 684; 6 Johns. Ch. R. 360.
3. But laches may be excused from, ignorance of the party's rights; 2
Mer. R. 362; 2 Ball & Beat. 104; from the obscurity of the transaction; 2
Sch. & Lef. 487; by the pendancy of a suit; 1 Sch. & Lef. 413; and where the
party labors under a legal disability, as insanity, coverture, infancy, and
the like. And no laches can be imputed to the public. 4 Mass. Rep. 522; 3
Serg. & Rawle, 291; 4 Hen. & Munf. 57; 1 Penna. R. 476. Vide 1 Supp. to
Ves. Jr. 436; 2 Id. 170; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3911.
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laches
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lachesis
(encz) | Lachesis, |
Laches
(gcide) | Laches \Lach"es\ (l[a^]sh"[e^]z), Lache \Lache\ (l[a^]sh), n.
[OF. lachesse, fr. lache lax, indolent, F. l[^a]che,
ultimately fr. L. laxus loose, lax. See Lax.] (Law)
Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the
proper time; especially, a delay in asserting a claim,
sufficient to cause a person to lose the right to
adjuducation of the claim by a court.
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It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches
with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. --Macaulay.
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Lachesis mutus
(gcide) | Bush \Bush\ (b[.u]sh), n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk;
akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[=u]skr,
b[=u]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus,
buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF.
bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain;
if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a
case. Cf. Ambush, Boscage, Bouquet, Box a case.]
1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild
forest.
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Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the
Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In
this sense it is extensively used in the British
colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also
in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the
bush.
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2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near
the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
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To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling
flowers. --Gascoigne.
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3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as,
bushes to support pea vines.
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4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to
Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern
sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern
itself.
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If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is
true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak.
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5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
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To beat about the bush, to approach anything in a
round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a
metaphor taken from hunting.
Bush bean (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and
requires no support (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus).
See Bean, 1.
Bush buck, or Bush goat (Zool.), a beautiful South
African antelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); -- so called
because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is
also applied to other species.
Bush cat (Zool.), the serval. See Serval.
Bush chat (Zool.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the
Thrush family.
Bush dog. (Zool.) See Potto.
Bush hammer. See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary.
Bush harrow (Agric.) See under Harrow.
Bush hog (Zool.), a South African wild hog
(Potamoch[oe]rus Africanus); -- called also bush pig,
and water hog.
Bush master (Zool.), a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of
Guinea; -- called also surucucu.
Bush pea (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.
Bush shrike (Zool.), a bird of the genus Thamnophilus,
and allied genera; -- called also batarg. Many species
inhabit tropical America.
Bush tit (Zool.), a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus,
allied to the titmouse. Psaltriparus minimus inhabits
California.
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lachesis
(wn) | Lachesis
n 1: the Greek goddess of fate who determines the length of the
thread of life |
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