Deadlatch

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  • n. A kind of latch whose bolt may be locked by a detent so that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A latch which is held in its place by a catch, or of which the bolt may be so locked by a detent that it cannot be raised by the latch-key from the outside, nor by the handle from within.
    • Word Usage
    "After locking Callard's apartment with the key so as to engage the deadlatch, he went down the back stairs and out by the alley door."
     
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