Locatio

Lat.

In the civll law. Letting for hire. The term is also used by text-writers upon the law of bailment at' common law. In Scotch law it is translated "location." Bell.

— Locatio-conductio. In the civil law. A compound word used to denote the contract of bailment for hire, expressing the action of both parties, viz., a letting by the one and a hiring by the other. 2 Kent, Comm. 586, note; Story, Bailm. § 368; Coggs v. Bernard, 2 Ld. Raym. 913.

— Locatio custodiæ. A letting to keep; a bailment or deposit of goods for hire. Story, Bailm. § 442,

— Locatio operis. In the civil law. The contract of hiring work, i. e., labor and services. It is a contract by which one of the parties gives a certain work to be performed by the other, who binds himself to do it for the price agreed between them, which he who gives the work to be done promises to pay to the other for doing it. Poth. Louage, no. 392; Zell v. Dunkls, 156 Pa. 353, 27 Atl. 38.

— Locatio operis faciendi. A letting out of work to be done; a bailment of a thing for the purpose of having some work and labor on care and pains bestowed on it for a pecuniary recompense 2 Kent, Co.m. 586, 588; Story, Bailm. §§ 370, 421, 422.

— Locatio operis mercium vehendarum. A letting of work to be done in the carrying of goods; a contract of bailment by which goods are delivered to a person to carry for hire. 2 Kent, Comm. 597; Story, Bailm. §§ 370, 457.

— Locatio rei. A letting of a thing to hire. 2 Kent, Comm. 586. The bailment or letting of a thing to be used by the bailee for a compensation to be paid by him. Story, Bailm. § 370.

I.

In the civil law. A letting for hire; a bailment or delivery of a thing for a certain compensation. Locatio-condnctio, or locatio et condnctlo: a letting and hiring, — a compound word expressing the action of both parties. Locatio cnstodise: a letting to keep; a bailment or deposit of goods for hire. Locatio operarum: a letting of services. Locatio operis faciendi: a letting out of work to be done; a bailment of a thing for the purpose of having labor or care bestowed on it for a pecuniary recompense. Locatio operis mercinm veliendarum: a letting of work to be done in the carrying of goods; a contract of bailment by which goods

Lat.

In the civil law. Letting for hire. The term is also used by textwriters upon the law of bailment at common law. In Scotch law it is translated “location.” Bell.

A placing: letting out for hire. See Locus. Writers who follow the civil law have divided contracts of hiring into: 1. Locatio rei, the hiring of a thing, personalty or realty. 2. Locatio operis faciendi, hiring for work to be done or care to be bestowed. To which class belong: the undertakings of a mechanic, artisan, tailor, of a warehouseman, wharfinger, agister, postmaster. 3. Locatio operis mercium vehendarum, a hiring of the labor of carrying goods. To this class belong: a private carrier, with or without pay; a common carrier of goods — express, freight, transfer, packet companies; quasi-carriers — telegraph companies, innkeepers. This class also embraces common carriers of passengers. See Bailment.

Letting for hire. The term is used in both the civil and common law to denote that species of bail- Locatio custodise. Letting to keep. A bailment of goods to be kept carefully for compensation. Locatio meroium vehendarum. Letting of goods to be carried. A bailment of goods to be carried for compensation. Iiocatio operis. Letting of work. A bailment of a thing for the purpose of having some ■work and labor or care bestowed upon it for compensation. Locatio reL Letting of a thing to hire. A bailment of a thing, to be used by the bailee for compensation to the bailor.