leet
1 Americannoun
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a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
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the area over which this jurisdiction extended, including the manor itself and, sometimes, nearby counties or shires.
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Also called: court-leet. a special kind of manorial court that some lords were entitled to hold
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the jurisdiction of this court
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Etymology
Origin of leet1
1400–50; late Middle English lete meeting (of law court) < Anglo-French lete and Anglo-Latin leta (both perhaps < Old English gelǣte meeting of roads; compare wætergelǣt watercourse)
Origin of leet2
First recorded in 1990–95; by shortening
Example Sentences
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Pentatonix’s video of “White Winter Hymnal” has been seen more than 96 million times on YouTube; F leet Foxes’ own video, a Claymation scene made by Robin’s brother, Sean, has 23 million views.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2021
The ball sailed 380 leet into the right field bull pen for a home run, his second of the afternoon.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Rule of seint Maure or of seint Beneit, Because that it was old and somdel streit This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace And held after the newe world the space.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
Throughout, popular opinion in the closest of corporations had a means of expression, though none of execution, in the presentments of the leet juries and sessions juries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
The court leet was a court of record, and its duty was not only to view the pledges but to present by jury all crimes that might happen within the jurisdiction, and punish the same.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
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