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locus delicti

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Definitions from Case Law

From 328 U.S. 699 - United States v. Anderson · 1946Most cited · 528 citing opinions

the locus delicti must be determined from the nature of the crime alleged and the location of the act or acts constituting it

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

The place where the tort, offense, or injury has been committed. LOCUS IN QUO (Lat. the place in which).

In pleading. The place where anything is alleged to have been done. 1 Salk. 94. LOCUS PARTITU8.

In old English law. A place divided; a division made between two towns or counties to make out in which the land or place in question lies. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 15, § 1; Cowell. LOCUS PRO SOLUTIONE REDITUS aut pecuniae secundum conditionem dlmisslonis aut obligatlonis est strlcte ohservanto the condition of the lease or obligation. 4 Coke, 73.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The place of the crime or tort.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The place whore the tort, offence, or injury has been committed. LOCUS IN QUO (Lat. the place in which). The place where anything is alleged to have been done. 1 Salk. 94.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The place of the offense; the place where an offense was committed. 2 Kent, Comm. 109.

Defined under Locus in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The place of the offense; the place where an offense wus committed. 2 Kent, Comm. 109.