leet
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
leet1 (also court leet)
▶noun historical
- 1 a yearly or half-yearly court of record held by the lords of certain manors.
- 2 the jurisdiction of such a court.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. lete or Anglo-Latin leta, of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
leet2
▶noun Scottish a list of candidates selected for a post.
– origin ME: prob. from OFr. lit(t)e, var. of liste ‘list’.
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