Lathe
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or LATH (Law Lat. laestrum or leda). A division of certain counties in England, intermediate between a county or shire and a hundred, sometimes containing three or four hundreds, as in Kent and Sussex. Cowell. But in Sussex the word used for this division is "rape." 1 Bl. Comm. 116. There was formerly a lathe reeve or bailiff in each lathe. Id. This division into lathes continues to the present day. See 12 East, 244. In Ireland, the lathe was intermediate between the tjrthing and the hundred. Spencer, Ireland. See Termes de la Ley.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
LATH (L. Lat. laestrum or leda. Law Fr. and Eng. Diet.). A division of certain counties in England, intermediate between a county or shire and a hundred, sometimes containing three or four hundreds, as in Kent and Sussex. Cowell. But in Sussex the word used for this division Is rape. 1 Bla. Com. 116, There was formerly a la the- reeve or bailiff in each lathe. Id. This division into lathes continues to the present day. In Ireland, the lathe was intermediate between the tything and the hundred. Spencer, Ireland. See T, L.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
leth.
In English law. A larger division of a county, intermediate between the shire and hundred, containing several hundreds.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
or LATHE. A division or district peculiar to the county of Kent, Spelman. Vi
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A division of a county, containing several hundreds.