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Webster 1913 Edition


Lache

{

Lach′es

(lăsh′ĕz)
,

Lache

(lăsh)
, }
Noun.
[OF.
lachesse
, fr.
lache
lax, indolent, F.
lâche
, 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.
It ill became him to take advantage of such a
laches
with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lache

LACHE

,

Definition 2024


lâche

lâche

See also: lache, Lache, lachè, and lâché

French

Adjective

lâche m, f (plural lâches)

  1. loose, slack
  2. cowardly, low

Noun

lâche m, f (plural lâches)

  1. coward

Derived terms

Verb

lâche

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lâcher
  2. third-person singular present indicative of lâcher
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lâcher
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of lâcher
  5. second-person singular imperative of lâcher

Anagrams


Norman

Etymology

Compare French lâche.

Adjective

lâche m, f

  1. (Jersey) cowardly; slack

Derived terms