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Lately

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

This word has been held to have "a very large retrospect, as we say 'lately deceased' of one dead ten or twenty years." 2 Show. 294. LATENS (Lat. from latere, to lie hid). Latent; hidden; not apparent.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

This word has come to have “a very large retrospect,” as we say, lately deceased of one dead ten or twenty years; 2 Show. 294. LATENS (Lat.). Latent (g. v.).

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

This word has been held to have "a very large retrospect, as we say 'lately deceased' of one dead ten or twenty ycars." Per. Cur. 2 Show. 294.