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Locum tenens
Locum tenensHe who holds the place of another, a deputy; as A B, locum tenens of C D, mayor of the city of Philadelphia. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Place Pleading, evidence. A particular portion of space; locality. Mayor Officer. The chief or executive magistrate of a city who bears this title. City Government. A town incorporated by that name. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Locus The place where a thing is done. Locus contractus The place of the contract. In general, the law of the place where the contract is made, governs in everything which relates to the mode of construing it. Locus criminis The place of crime; where a crime was perpetrated. Locus delicti The place where the tort, offence, or injury bas been committed. Locus in quo The place in which. In pleadings it is the place where any- thing is alleged to have been done. Locus poenitentiae Contracts, criminal law. Literally this signifies a place of repentance; in law, it is the opportunity of withdrawing from a projected contract, before the parties are finally bound; or of abandoning the intention of committing a crime, before it has been completed. Locus poenitentię Place for repentance: an interval or opportunity in which to reconsider and withdraw, as, from a proposed contract, or from an unlawful action. Locus regit actum The place governs the act: the law of the locality regulates the thing to be done. Locus rei sitae The place where a thing is situated. In proceedings in rem, in real actions in the civil law, or: those which have for their object the recovery of a thing; and in real actions in the common law, or those for the recovery of land, the proper forum is the locus rei sitae. Locus rei sitę The place of the situation of a thing. Locus sigilli The place of the seal. In many of the states, instead of sealing deeds, writs, and other papers or documents requiring it, a scroll is made in which the letters L. S. are printed or written, which is an abbreviation of Locus Sigilli. This in some of the states has all the efficacy of a seal, but in others it has no such effect. Locus standi Place for standing: right to be heard. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Locatio rei Contracts. A term used in the civil law, which signifies the hiring of a thing. It is a contract by which one of the parties obligates himself to, give to the other the use and enjoyment, of a certain thing for a period of time agreed upon between them, and in consideration of a price which the latter binds himself to pay in return. Location 1) Contracts. A contract by which the temporary use of a subject, or the work or service of a person, is given for an ascertained hire. 2) estates. Among surveyors, who are authorized by public authority to lay out lands by a particular warrant, the act of selecting the land designated in the warrant and surveying it, is called its location. In Pennsylvania, it is an application made by any person for land, in the office of the secretary of the late land office of Pennsylvania, and entered in the books of said office, numbered and sent to the surveyor general's office. Locator Civil law. He who leases or lets a thing to hire to another. His duties are, 1st. To deliver to the hirer the thing hired, that he may use it. 2nd. To guaranty to the hirer the free enjoyment of it. 3rd. To keep the thing hired in good order in such manner that the hirer may enjoy it. 4th. To warrant that the thing hired has not such defects as to destroy its use. Lock-up house A place used, temporarily as a prison. Loco parentis In the place of a parent. Locum tenens Locus The place where a thing is done. Locus contractus The place of the contract. In general, the law of the place where the contract is made, governs in everything which relates to the mode of construing it. Locus criminis The place of crime; where a crime was perpetrated. Locus delicti The place where the tort, offence, or injury bas been committed. Locus in quo The place in which. In pleadings it is the place where any- thing is alleged to have been done. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Locum tenens. If you have a better definition for Locum tenens than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Locum tenens may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Locum tenens and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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