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Loco Parentis

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

See "In Loco Parentis." L0C0CE8SI0N (Lat.)

In the civil law. The act of giving place. LOCUM TENENS (Lat.) Holding the place. Applied to a deputy. LOCUPLES (Lat.)

In civil law. Able to respond in an action; good for the amount which the plaintiff might recover. Dig. 50. 16. 284. 1. LOCUS (Lat.) A place; the place where a thing is done.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See In Loco Paebntis.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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

John Bouvier · 1839

place of a parent. The a master in /oco pareniis to his apprentice.