Locator
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Civil Law. He who leases or lets a thing for hire to another. His duties are, first, to deliver to the hirer the thing hired, that he may use it; second, to guarantee to the hirer the free enjoyment of it; third, to keep the thing hired in good order in such manner that the hirer may enjoy it; fourth, to warrant that the thing hired has not such defects as to destroy its use. Pothier, Contr. do Louuge, n.
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One who locates, or surveys lands. The claim of a “locator” is peculiar to Kentucky, and is for a portion of the land located in compensation for his services; Craig V. Missouri, 4 Pet. (U. S.) 446, 7 L. Ed. 903. See Lands, Public.