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LATH, LATHE

\lˈaθ], \lˈaθ], \l_ˈa_θ]\

Definitions of LATH, LATHE

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)

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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. 110; Cowell; Spelman.

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
By Henry Campbell Black

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