Leet (?), obs. imp.
of Let, to allow.
Chaucer.
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Leet n. [Cf. AS. hlt share, lot.]
A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office.
[Scot.]
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Leet, n. [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.]
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Leet, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Zool.
The European pollock.
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