A latitat is a legal device, namely a writ, that the source article describes as based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding. The word latitat is Latin for he lurks, which reflects that presumption. As a writ it was a process used to bring a defendant before the court on the footing that the defendant was concealing himself and could not readily be found. The lead section of the article is very short, so this entry records the definition, the presumption on which the writ rested and the meaning of the Latin word, and does not describe the history, courts or procedure of the writ beyond that.
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1. Wikipedia: Latitat
a legal device, namely a writ... a summons out of the civil, common law-only court, King's BenchView the Source Latitat (Wikipedia)
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The word "latitat" is Latin for "he lurks". In England, the writ is essentially a summons out of the civ
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