Locus

Place; the place. This word is found in many Latin phrases; among which are lex loci, in loco parentis (q. v.), and the following: Locus delicti. The place of the fault; the place where an offence was committed. Locus in quo. The place in which; the place where any thing is alleged in pleading to have been done.

Locus poenitentiae

Place for repentance; space for reconsideration and withdrawal. An opportunity of withdrawing from a proposed contract, before it becomes binding; or of abandoning a criminal intention, before the crime is actually committed.

Locus rei sitae

Place of situation of a thing. The place where real property is situated is the proper forum of proceedings concerning it; and the local law has a peculiar application to such property. See Lex rei sitae. Locus sigilli. The place of the seal. The initial letters of these words, L. S., are frequently used in copies of sealed instruments, to mark the place of a seal in the original; and, when so used, are generally surrounded by a scroll. In some of the United States, such a scroll upon an original instrument has all the efficacy of a proper seal. See Seal. LODEMAN; or LOADSMAN. The pilot conducts the ship up the river or into port; but the loadsman is he that undertakes to bring a ship through the haven, after being brought thither by the pilot, to the quay or place of discharge. (Houghton, fol. 27.) Jacob. Lodemanage. The hire of a pilot for conducting a vessel from one place to another.

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