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Locus contractus






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.

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Place
Pleading, evidence. A particular portion of space; locality.

Contract
A negotiated oral or written agreement setting forth the terms for an exchange of value between parties (which may be individuals or companies) and under which each party promises to perform an obligation. Certain terms, such as the obligations to be performed and the terms for setting price or compensation must be mutually understood, known in legal lingo as a "meeting of the minds," and promised to by the parties to form a legal contract.

General
1) A principal officer, particularly in the army. 2) Something opposed to special; as, a general verdict, the general issue, which expressions are used in contradistinction to special verdict, special issue. 3) Principal, as the general post office. 4) Not select, as a general ship. 5) Not particular, as a general custom. 5) Not limited, as general jurisdiction. 7) This word is sometimes annexed or prefixed to other words to express or limit the extent of their signification; as Attorney General, Solicitor General, the General Assembly.



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Locum tenens
He who holds the place of another, a deputy; as A B, locum tenens of C D, mayor of the city of Philadelphia.

Locus
The place where a thing is done.

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.



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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
He who holds the place of another, a deputy; as A B, locum tenens of C D, mayor of the city of Philadelphia.

Locus
The place where a thing is done.

Locus contractus

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.

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