'Leet' definitions:
Definition of 'Leet'
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- Leet \Leet\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.) The European pollock. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Leet'
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- Leet \Leet\ (l[=e]t), obs. imp. of Let, to allow. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Leet'
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- Leet \Leet\, n. [Cf. AS. hl[=e]t share, lot.] A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Leet'
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- Leet \Leet\, n. [LL. leta. Cf. F. lit de justice a solemn sitting of the king in Parliament, L. lis, litis, a lawsuit, It., Sp., & Pg. lite.] (Eng. Hist.) A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is held. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The original intent of the court-leet was to view the frankpledges or freemen within the liberty; hence called the view of frankpledge. Latterly it has fallen into almost entire disuse. --Burrill. Warren's Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- Leet ale, a feast or merrymaking in time of leet. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'leet'
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- Lythe \Lythe\ (l[imac]th), n. (Zool.) The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'leet'
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