Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

LOCO PARENTIS

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LOGARE

LOCATIO REI. A letting of a thing to hire. 2 Kent, Comm. 586. The bailment or letting of a thing to be used by the bailee for a compensation to be paid by him. Story, Bailm. § 870. LOCATION. In American land law. The designation of the boundaries of a par ticular piece of land, either upon record or on 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 con tained in an entry, grant, map, etc.; such description consisting in what are termed "locative calls." In mining law. The act of appropri ating a "mining claim" (parcel of land con taining precious metal in its soil or rock) ac cording to certain established rules. It usu ally 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. 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. LOCATIVE CALLS. In a deed, patent, or other instrument containing a description of land, locative calls are specific calls, de scnptions, or marks of location, referring to landmarks, physical objects, or other points by which the land can be exactly located and identified. LOCATOR. In the civil and Scotch law. A letter; one who lets; he who, being the owner of a thing, lets it out to another for hire or compensation. In American land law. One who lo cates land, or intends or is entitled to locate. See LOCATION. LOCK-UP HOUSE. A place used tem porarily as a prison. LOCKMAN. An officer in the Isle of Man, to execute the orders of the governor, much like our under-sheriff. Wharton. LOCMAN. Fr. In French marine law. A pilot. LOCO PARENTIS. See IN LOGO PA RENTIS.

J*OCARE. TO let for hire; to deliver or a thing for a certain reward or compen sation. Bract, fol. 62. LOCARIUM. In old European law. The ?rice of letting; money paid for the hire of a thing; rent. Spelman. LOCATAIRE. In French law. A les see, tenant, or renter. LOCATARIUS. A depositee. LOCATE. To ascertain and fix the posi tion of something, the place of which was be fore uncertain or not manifest; as to locate the calls in a deed. To decide upon the place or direction to be occupied by something not yet in being; as to locate a road. LOCATIO. Lat. In the civil law. Let ting for hire. The term is also used by text writers upon the law of bailment at common law. In Scotch law it is translated "loca tion." Bell. LOCATIO-CONDUCTIO. In the civil law. A compound word used to denote the contract of bailment for hire, expressing the action of both parties, viz., a letting by the one, and a hiring by the other. 2 Kent, Comm. 586, note; Story, Bailm. § 368. LOCATIO CUSTODIiE. A letting to keep; a bailment or deposit of goods for hire. Story, Bailm. § 442. LOCATIO OPERIS. In the civil law. The contract of hiring work, i. e., labor and services. It is a contract by which one of the parties gives a ceitain work to be performed by the other, who binds himself to do it for the price agreed between them, which he who gives the work to be done promises to pay to the other for doing it. Poth. Louage, no. 392. LOCATIO OPERIS FACIENDI. A letting out of work to be done; a bailment of a thing for the purpose of having some work and labor or care and pains bestowed on it for a pecuniary recompense. 2 Kent, Comm. 586, 588; Story, Bailm. §§ 370, 421, 422. LOCATIO OPERIS MERCIUM VE HENDABUM. A letting of work to be done in the carrying of goods; a contract of bailment by which goods are delivered to a person to carry for hire. 2 Kent, Comm. 597; Story, Bailm. §§ 370, 457.

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