Multipoint door/window lock with panic override

A latch for a door or window, the latch comprising:

• a housing adapted to be mounted on the door or window;
• a spring bolt shiftable on the housing between an extended position and a retracted position;
• a dead bolt shiftable on the housing between an extended position and a retracted position;
• a key cylinder on the housing;
• a pivotal locking pawl shiftable by the key cylinder between a locked position retaining the dead bolt in the respective extended position and an unlocked position permitting the dead bolt to move between the respective extended and retracted positions;
• a latch nut rotatable on the housing and connectable to inside and outside door handles;
• an actuating lever on and shiftable by the nut;
• a panic lever on and shiftable by the nut;
• an actuating element connected between the dead bolt and the actuating lever;
• a panic element connected between the panic lever and the locking pawl and movable between an unactuated position and an actuated position to shift the locking pawl into the unlocked position;
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• a bolt lever pivoted on the housing and engaged between the spring bolt and the panic element for shifting the spring bolt into the respective retracted position on shifting of the panic element into the actuated position.