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Lieu

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

LEU, LIU, or LYU (Law Fr.; from Lat, locus). A place, Britt. c. 27. LIEU CONUS (Law Fr.)

In old pleading. A known place; a place well knov?n and generally taken notice of by those who dwell about it, as a castle, a manor, etc. Whishaw; 1 Ld. Raym. 259. "A liberty is in the nature of a lieu conus." North, C. J., 2 Mod. 48; Wishaw, 1 Ld, Raym. 259.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Fr. Place; room. Itlis only used with "in;" in lieu, instead of. Enc. Lond.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Fr. Place; room. It is only used with “in;” in (éew, insteud of. Ene. Lond.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

place. In lieu of, instead, in the place of.