lex loci
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 30 U.S. 457 - John Hawkins and William May v. Joshua Barney's Lessee · 1831Most cited · 98 citing opinions
We have an analogous case in the thirty-fourth section of the Judiciary Act of the United States; in which it is enacted that the laws of the several states shall be rules of decision in the courts of the United States; and which has been uniformly held to be no more than a declaration of what the law would have been without it: to wit, that the lex loci must be the governing rule of private right, under whatever jurisdiction private right comes to be examined.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The law of the place. This may be of the following several descriptions: Lex loci contractus, the law of the place where the contract was made or to be performed ; lex loci actus, the Jaw of the place where the act was done ; le loci rei sitæ, the law of the place where the subject-matter is situated ; lex loci domicilii, the law of the place of domicile.
Defined under Lex in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The law of the place. This may be of the following several descriptions: Lex loci contractus, the law of the place where the contract was made or to be performed; lex loci actus, the law of the place where the act was done; lex loci rei sitae, the law of the place where the subject-matter is situated; lex loci domicilii, the law of the place of domicile.