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laches n. 懈怠,疏忽 懈怠,疏忽 Laches \ Lach" es\ ( l[ a^] sh"[ e^] z), Lache \ Lache\ ( l[ a^] sh), n. [ OF. lachesse, fr. lache lax, indolent, F. l[^ a] che, ultimately fr. L. laxus loose, lax. See { Lax}.] ( Law) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; especially, a delay in asserting a claim, sufficient to cause a person to lose the right to adjuducation of the claim by a court. [ 1913 Webster] It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] LACHES. This word, derived from the French lecher, is nearly synonymous with negligence. 2. In general, when a party has been guilty of laches in enforcing his right by great delay and lapse of time, this circumstance will at common law prejudice, and sometimes operate in bar of a remedy which it is discretionary and not compulsory in the court to afford. In courts of equity, also delay will generally prejudice. 1 Chit. Pr. 786, and the cases there cited; 8 Com. Dig. 684; 6 Johns. Ch. R. 360. 3. But laches may be excused from, ignorance of the party' s rights; 2 Mer. R. 362; 2 Ball & Beat. 104; from the obscurity of the transaction; 2 Sch. & Lef. 487; by the pendancy of a suit; 1 Sch. & Lef. 413; and where the party labors under a legal disability, as insanity, coverture, infancy, and the like. And no laches can be imputed to the public. 4 Mass. Rep. 522; 3 Serg. & Rawle, 291; 4 Hen. & Munf. 57; 1 Penna. R. 476. Vide 1 Supp. to Ves. Jr. 436; 2 Id. 170; Dane' s Ab. Index, h. t.; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3911.
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