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French. Slackness. Neglect. Negligent unequitable delay in asserting a right or a claim. Unreasonable delay in pursuing a right or claim. Equitable relief is denied to one who has been guilty of unconscionable delay, as shown by surrounding facts and circumstances, in seeking that relief.

'Laches is the omission to assert a right for an unreasonable and unexplained length of time. . . .' Longley v. Knapp, 1998 ME 142, 10, 713 A.2d 939. 'It exists when the omission to assert the right has continued for an unreasonable and unexplained lapse of time, and under circumstances where the delay has been ...