laches

Senso (Inglese)

  1. Negligence in one's duty.
  2. An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim alleging a wrong, which means the person who waited shall not be permitted to seek an equitable remedy because the delay prejudiced the moving party.

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈlætʃɪz/
Etimologia (Inglese)

From Anglo-Norman laches, from Old French lachesse (“laxness”), from laschier, from Vulgar Latin laxico, frequentative of Latin laxo (“relax, moderate, weaken”).

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