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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adjective
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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 burgesses, the tenants, the resiants of the king's burghs and manors in ancient demesne, owed neither suit nor service to the hundred leet.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
The portreeve, constable, headborough, bailiff, or other the chief executive magistrate, was elected or presented by the leet jury.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
"But when I leet of a man, I's rather have him nor a hundred sec gentlemen as you!"
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Sir Hall Caine
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