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In common-law legal systems, laches (/ ˈ l æ tʃ ɪ z / LAT-chiz, / ˈ l eɪ-/; Law French: remissness, dilatoriness, from Old French: laschesse) is a lack of diligence and activity in making a legal claim, or moving forward with legal enforcement of a right, particularly in regard to equity.
Doctrine of chances; Doctrine of colourability; Doctrine of equivalents; Doctrine of exoneration of liens; Doctrine of foreign equivalents; Doctrine of indivisibility; Doctrine of inherency; Doctrine of international exhaustion; Doctrine of laches; Doctrine of merger; Doctrine of necessity; Doctrine of non-derogation from grants; Doctrine of ...
With respect to the ejectment cause of action, Hall would have held that: "[W]here a plaintiff seeks ejectment damages, rather than restoration of a possession interest, application of the doctrine of laches to such a money damage claim is rarely if ever justified." [27] Hall also would not have applied laches to the trespass cause of action. [28]
Silence is acquiescence (aka. silent acquiescence and acquiescence by silence ). Under this related doctrine, when confronted with a wrong or an act that can be considered a tortious act, one's silence in the face of the transgression may result in a loss of a right to make a claim for loss or damage, on the principle of consent inferred from ...
Maxims of equity are legal maxims that serve as a set of general principles or rules which are said to govern the way in which equity operates. They tend to illustrate the qualities of equity, in contrast to the common law, as a more flexible, responsive approach to the needs of the individual, inclined to take into account the parties' conduct and worthiness.
Circuit judge Paul V. Niemeyer used yet another variation of the adage in a footnote to a 2001 opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (243 F.3d 789) and linked it with the common law doctrine of laches: The doctrine of laches is based on the maxim that equity aids the vigilant, not those who sleep on their rights.
In Lindsay Petroleum Company v Hurd, [6] it is said: “The doctrine of laches in Courts of Equity is not an arbitrary or a technical doctrine. Where it would be practically unjust to give a remedy, either because the party has, by his conduct done that which might fairly be regarded as equivalent to a waiver of it, or where, by his conduct and ...
The Laches (/ ˈ l æ k iː z /; Greek: Λάχης) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato. Participants in the discourse present competing definitions of the concept of courage or "manliness", ἀνδρεία in Greek.