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This word has been held to have "a very large retrospect as we say 'lately deceased' of one dead ten or twenty years." Per. Cur. 2 Show. 294. … [Read more...] about LATELY

Lat. In the civil law and old English practice. A lying hid; lurking, or concealment of the person. Dig. 42, 4, 7, 5; Bract fol. 126. … [Read more...] about LATITATIO

Small vessels employed to carry the cargo of a large one to and from the shore; lighters. 2. The goods on board of a launch are at the risk of the insurers till landed. 5 N. S. 887. The duties and rights of the master of a launch are the same as those of the master of a lighter. … [Read more...] about LAUNCHES

Latin: Latent; hidden; not apparent. See AMBIGUITAS. … [Read more...] about LATENS

Lat. In the civil law. A bearer; a messenger. Also a maker or giver of laws. … [Read more...] about LATOR