Look up: Laches

1. laches
   In law, neglect and unreasonable delay in enforcing an equitable right. If the court is satisfied that a plaintiff has taken an unnecessarily long time in pursuing a case, the action...
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2. Laches
   Pronounced 'lay-cheese', this means unacceptable delay in pursuing a claim in equity but applies only where there are no fixed statutory time limits. See Limitation.
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3. Laches
   • (n.) Alt. of Lache
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4. Laches
   (from the article `Plato`) ...which professes to repeat a funeral oration learned from Aspasia, Pericles` mistress, is apparently meant as a satire on the patriotic distortion ...
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5. Laches
   a rich Athenian aristocrat who played a leading part in the first phase of the Peloponnesian War.
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6. Laches
   (n) Doctrine of Laches limits the legal claim of a person, by virtue of any undue delay on his part in enforcing his legal right. For example, a person failed to initiate any action to recover his property, after knowing that it was used by another person. He lose his right to claim the property whe...
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7. laches
   n. the legal doctrine that a legal right or claim will not be enforced or allowed if a long delay in asserting the right or claim has prejudiced the adverse party (hurt the opponent) as a sort of "legal ambush." Examples: a) knowing the correct property line, Oliver Owner fails to bring a lawsuit to...
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8. Laches
   In law, laches is neglect and unreasonable delay in enforcing an equitable right. If a plaintiff with full knowledge of the facts takes an unnecessarily long time to bring an action (e.g. to set aside a contract obtained by fraud) the court will not assist him; hence the maxim 'the law will not help...
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9. laches
   In law, neglect and unreasonable delay in enforcing an equitable right. If the court is satisfied that a plaintiff has taken an unnecessarily long time in pursuing a case, the action may be struck out
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10. Laches
    (equity) `Laches` (; f. French, lâchesse, lâches) is an "unreasonable delay pursuing a right or claim...in a way that prejudices the opposing party" When asserted in litigation, it is an equitable defense, or doctrine. The person invoking laches is asserting that an opp...
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11. Laches
    (dialogue) The `Laches` (Greek: Λάχης) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato. Participants in the discourse present competing definitions of the concept of courage. Characters: Summary: Education and the Value of Military Training: Has Military Education a Place in Higher ...
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12. Laches
    (general) `Laches` (Gr. Λάχης) (c. 475 BC – 418 BC) was an Athenian aristocrat (son of Melanopos) and general during the Peloponnesian War. His date of birth is unknown, but Plato asserts, not implausibly, that he was distinctly older than Socrates, who was bor...
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