lache

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lache - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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