{"product_id":"2940157559717","title":"Laches (Annotated)","description":"*This Edition is Annotated.\u003cbr\u003e*This Edition contains an Active Table of Contents to Facilitate Easy Navigation.\u003cbr\u003e*This Edition is Checked and Corrected for Spelling Errors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaches Law French: \"remissness\", \"dilatoriness\", from Old French laschesse) refers to a lack of diligence and activity in making a legal claim, or moving forward with legal enforcement of a right, in particular with regard to equity; hence, it is an unreasonable delay that can be viewed as prejudicing the opposing [defending] party. When asserted in litigation, it is an equity defense, that is, a defense to a claim for an equitable remedy. The person invoking laches is asserting that an opposing party has \"slept on its rights,\" and that, as a result of this delay, circumstances have changed, witnesses or evidence may have been lost or no longer available, etc., such that it is no longer a just resolution to grant the plaintiff's claim. Laches is associated with the maxim of equity, \"Equity aids the vigilant, not the sleeping ones [that is, those who sleep on their rights].\" Put another way, failure to assert one's rights in a timely manner can result in a claim being barred by laches.","brand":"Readings LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169089437936,"sku":"2940157559717","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157559717_p0.jpg?v=1764098549","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157559717","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}