Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1891)
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A letting out of work to be done; a bailmenb ofa thing for the purpose of haying some work and labor or care and pains bestowed on it for a pecuniary recompense. 2 Kent, Comm. 586, 588; Story, Baiim. §§ 370, 42], 422. LOCATIO OPERIS MERCIUM VE-