Leet, n.

n. [L. Lat. leta. Cf. Fr. lit de justice, a solemn sitting of the king in parliament, Lat. lis, litis, a lawsuit, It., Sp., & Pg. lite.] 1. (Eng. Law.) A court; a court of criminal jurisdiction within a township or manor; a jurisdiction for a township; a petty inquest for local police; an assemblage of persons to nominate for some office. Its original intent 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. Simmonds. 2. A fish; the whiting;—so called about Scarborough, England. Yarrell.