Lath, Lathe
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The name of an ancient civil division in England, intermediate between the county or shire and the hundred. Said to be the same as what, in other parts of the kingdom, was termed a "rape."
1 Bl. Comm. 116; Cowell; Spelman. —-Lathreve.
An officer under the Saxon government, who bad authority over a lathe.
Cowell ; 1 Bl. Comm. ll6.