location

In the apportionment of public lands, the selection and designation of lands which the person making the location claims under the law, In Scotch Law. A contract by which the temporary use of a subject, or the work or service of a person, is given for an ascertained hire. 1 Bell, Comm. bk. 2, pt. 3, c. 2, sec. 4, art. 2, § 1, p. 255. See "Bailment"; "Hire."

The act of selecting and designating lauds which the person making the location is authorized by law to select. It is applied among surveyors who are authorized by public authority to lay out lands by u particular warrant. The act of selecting the land designated in the warrant and surveying it is called its location. In Pennsylvania, it was an application made by any person for land in the otlice of the secretary of the late land otlice of Pennsylvania, and entered in the books of said office, numbered and sent to the surveyor-general’s office. Act June 25, 1781, § 2. It is often applied to denote the act of selecting and marking out the line upon which a railroad, canal, or highway is to be constructed. In Mining Law. A parcel of laud appropriated according to certain established rules, such as i Jlacing on the ground, in a conspicuous position, a notice setting forth the name of the locator, the fact that it is thus taken or located, with the requisite description of the extent and boundaries of the parcel according to the local custom. Louis Smelting & Refining Co. v. Kemp, lp4 U. S. t549, 26 L. Ed. 875. See U. S. It. S. i 2324. A location cannot be validated by subsequent discovery; a prior discovery is necessary; Upton V. Larkin, 7 Mont 449, 17 Pac. 728. See Lands, Public.

In American land law. The designation of the boundaries of a particular piece of land, either upon record or on the land itself. Mosby v. Carland, 1 Bibb. (Ky.) 84. The finding and marking out the bounds of a particular tract of land, upon the land itself, in cohformity to a certain description contained in an entry, grant, map, etc.; such description consisting in what are termed "locative calls." Cunningham v. Browning, 1 Bland (Md.) 329.

In mining law. The act of appropriating a "mining claim" (parcel of land containing precious metal in its soil or rock) according to certain established rules. It usually consists in placing on the ground, in a conspicuous position, a notice setting forth the name of the locator, the fact that it is thus taken or located, with the requisite description of the extent and boundaries of the parcel. St Louis Smelting, etc., Co. v. Kemp, 104 U. S. 649, 26 In Ed. 875.

In a secondary sense, the mining claim covered by a single act of appropriation or location. Id.

In Scotch law. A contract by which the temporary use of a subject, or the work or service of a person, is given for an ascertained hire. 1 Bell, Comm. 255.

In American law. The designation of the boundaries of a particular piece of land, either upon record, or on the land.

In American land law. The designation of the boundaries of a particular piece of land, either upon record oron the land itself. 1 Bibb, 84. The finding and marking out the bounds of a particular tract of land, upon the land itself, in conformity to a certain description contained in an entry, grant, map, ete.; such description consisting in what are termed “locative calls.” In mining law. The act of appropriating a “mining claim” (parcel of land containing precious metal in its soil or rock) according to certain established rules. It usually consists in placing on the ground, ina conspicuous position, a notice setting forth the name of the locator, the fact that it is thus taken or located, with the requisite description of the extent and boundaries of the parcel, 104 U.S. 649.

In a secondary sense, the mining claim covered by a single act of appropriation or location. Id.

In Scotch law. A contract by which the temporary use of a subject, or the work or service of a person, is given for an ascertained hire. 1 Bell, Comm. 255.

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1. Place; situation. 2. The act of determining or fixing the place, route, or region to which some subject shall be assigned. 3. The Anglicized form of the civillaw term locatio (q. v.); not very common, except in Scotch law.