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lach·es

 (lăch′ĭz)
n.
A legal doctrine that bars a claimant from receiving relief where the claimant's delay in pursuing the claim has operated to the prejudice of the opposing party.
[Middle English, slackness, negligence, from Anglo-Norman lachesse, laches, from Old French laschesse, from lasche, loose, remiss; see lush1.]
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laches

(ˈlætʃɪz)
n
(Law) law negligence or unreasonable delay in pursuing a legal remedy
[C14 lachesse, via Old French lasche slack, from Latin laxus lax]
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lach•es

(ˈlætʃ ɪz)

n. (used with a sing. v.)
Law. unreasonable delay, as in asserting a right or claim.
[1325–75; Middle English lachesse < Anglo-French; Middle French laschesse, derivative of Old French lasche slack (< Germanic); see -ice]
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Translations
incuriaprescripción negativatardanza
nalatigheidverwijtbaar
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Socrates replies here, as elsewhere (Laches, Prot.), that Themistocles, Pericles, and other great men, had sons to whom they would surely, if they could have done so, have imparted their own political wisdom; but no one ever heard that these sons of theirs were remarkable for anything except riding and wrestling and similar accomplishments.
There is another sort of progress from the general notions of Socrates, who asked simply, 'what is friendship?' 'what is temperance?' 'what is courage?' as in the Lysis, Charmides, Laches, to the transcendentalism of Plato, who, in the second stage of his philosophy, sought to find the nature of knowledge in a prior and future state of existence.
The problems of virtue and knowledge have been discussed in the Lysis, Laches, Charmides, and Protagoras; the puzzle about knowing and learning has already appeared in the Euthydemus.
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He made no display of humility on the subject, but in his heart he felt rather ashamed that his conduct had shown laches which others who did not get benefices were free from.
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"Temporarily setting aside our disagreement with China (regarding) the WPS is not, per se, contributory to laches but we must at the very least mention it, including the ruling of The Hague, in our multilateral or bilateral dealings with China and other nations," Escudero said in a statement.
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