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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Laches

/(lăsh"ĕz)/ · Lach·es · IPA /ˈlætʃɪz/
01 n. Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; especially, a delay in asserting a claim, sufficient to cause a …
  1. 1.
    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.(Law)
    “It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney.” Macaulay.