leet

leet
/leet/, n. Brit. Obs.
1. a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
2. the area over which this jurisdiction extended, including the manor itself and, sometimes, nearby counties or shires.
[1400-50; late ME lete meeting (of law court) < AF lete and AL leta (both perh. < OE gelaete meeting of roads; cf. waetergelaet watercourse)]

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