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Webster 1913 Edition

Leet

Leet

(lēt)
,
obs.
imp.
of
Let
, to allow.
Chaucer.

Leet

,
Noun.
[Cf. AS.
hlēt
share, lot.]
A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office.
[Scot.]

Leet

,
Noun.
[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.
☞ 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.
Leet ale
,
a feast or merrymaking in time of leet.
[Obs.]

Leet

,
Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zool.)
The European pollock.

Webster 1828 Edition

Leet

LEET

,
Noun.
In Great Britain, a court. The court-leet or view of frankpledge, is a court of record held once a year and not oftener, within a particular hundred, lordship or manor, before the steward of the leet. Its original intent was to view the frankpledges or freemen within the liberty, to preserve the peace, and punish certain minute offenses. All freeholders within the precinct are obliged to attend this court.
The court-leet is for the most part superseded by the county court.

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