In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
LATITAT
Etymology
Noun
latitat (plural latitats)
(UK, legal, historical) A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.
Source: Wiktionary
Lat"i*tat, n. Etym: [L., he lies hid.] (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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