KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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LOGOGRAPHUS

LOCUS

109.— Locus in quo. The place in which. The place in which the cause of action arose, or where anything is alleged, in pleadings, to have been done. The phrase is most frequent ly used in actions of trespass quare clausum (regit. — Locus partitus. 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; Co well.— Locus posnitentise. A place for repentance; an opportunity for chang ing one's mind; a chance to withdraw from a contemplated bargain or contract before it re sults in a definite contractual liability. Also used of a chance afforded to a person, by the circumstances, of relinquishing the intention which he has formed to commit a crime, before the perpetration thereof.— Locus publicus. In the civil law. A public place. Dig. 43, 8, 1; Id. 43, 8, 2, 3.— Locus regit actum. In pri vate international law. The rule that, when a legal transaction complies with the formalities required by the law" of the country where it is done, it is also valid in the country where it is to be given effect, although by the law of that country other formalities are required. 8 Sav. Syst. § 381; Westl. Priv. Int. Law. 159. —Locus rei sitae. The place where a thing is situated. In proceedings in rem, or the real actions of the civil law, the proper forum is the locus rei sites. The Jerusalem, 2 Gall. 191, 197, Fed. Cas. No. 7,293.— Locus sigilli. The place of the seal; the place occupied by the seal of written instruments. Usually abbrevi ated to "L. S."— Locus standi. A place of standing; standing in court. A right of ap pearance in a court of justice, or before a leg islative body, on a given question. Locus pro solutione reditus aut pecu niae secundum conditionem dimissionis aut obligationis est stricte observandus. 4 Coke, 73. The place for the payment of rent or money, according to the condition of a lease or bond, is to be strictly observed. This term, as used in the legis lation of congress, is applicable to any zone or belt of mineralized rock lying within boundaries clearly separating it from the neighboring rock. It includes all deposits of mineral matter found through a mineral ized zone or belt coming from the same source, impressed with the same forms, and appearing to have been created by the same processes. Eureka Consol. Min. Co. v. Rich mond Min. Co., 4 Sawy. 312, 8 Fed. Cas. 823. And see Duggan v. Davey, 4 Dak. 110, 26 N. W. 887; Stevens v. Williams, 23 Fed. Cas. 42; Montana Cent. Ry. Co. v. Migeon (C. C.) 68 Fed. 813; Meydenbauer v. Stevens (D. C.) 78 Fed. 790; Iron Silver Mm. Co. v. Cheeseman, 116 U. S, 529, 6 Sup. Ct. 481, 29 L. Ed. 712; U. S. V. Iron Silver Min. Co., 128 U. S. 673, 9 Sup. Ct 195, 32 L. Ed. 571. The pilot conducts the ship up the river or Into port; but the loadsman is he that undertakes to bring a ship through the haven, after being brought thither by the pilot, to the quay or place of discharge. Jacob. pilot for conducting a vessel from one place to an other. CowelL LODE. LODEMAN, or LOADSMAN. LODEMANAGE. The hire of a

LODGER. One who occupies hired apart ments in another's house; a tenant of part of another's house. A tenant, with the right of exclusive pos session of a part of a house, the landlord, by himself or an agent, retaining general domin ion over the house itself. Wansey v. Per kins, 7 Man. & G. 155; Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Lowe, 28 Neb. 239, 44 N. W. 226, 6 L. R. A. 809, 26 Am. St. Rep. 325; Metzger v. Schnabel, 23 Misc. Rep. 698, 52 N. Y. Supp. 105; Pollock v. Landis, 36 Iowa, 652. in another's house; apartments in another's house, fur nished or unfurnished, occupied for habita tion; the occupier being termed a "lodger." roturter on every change of ownership of his land; a mutation or alienation fine. Steph. Lect 351. A ship's journal. It con tains a minute account of the ship's course, with a short history of every occurrence dur ing the voyage. 1 Marsh. Ins. 312. The part of the log-book relating to trans actions in the harbor is termed the "harbor log;" that relating to what happens at sea, the "sea log." Young, Naut Diet —Official log-book. A log-book in a certain form, and containing certain specified entries re quired by 17 & 18 Vict. c. 104, §§ 280-282, to be kept by all British merchant ships, except those exclusively engaged in the coasting trade. LOG-ROLLING. A mischievous legisla tive practice, of embracing in one bill several distinct matters, none of which, perhaps, could singly obtain the assent of the legis lature, and then procuring its passage by a combination of the minorities in favor of each of the measures into a majority that will adopt them all. Walker v. Griflith, 60 Ala. 369; Com. v. Barnet, 199 Pa. 161, 48 Atl. 976, 55 L. R, A. 882; O'Leary v. Cook County, 28 111. 534; St Louis v. Tiefel, 42 Mo. 590. LODGINGS. Habitation LODS ET VENTES. In old French and Canadian law. A fine payable by a LOG-BOOK.

LOGATING.

An unlawful game mention

ed in St 33 Hen. VIII. c. 9.

LOGIA.

A small house, lodge, or cot

tage. Mon. Angl. torn. 1, p. 400.

LOGIC. The science of reasoning, or of the operations of the understanding which are subservient to the estimation of evidence. The term includes both the process itself of proceeding from known truths to unknown, and all other intellectual operations, in so far as auxiliary to this.

LOGIUM.

In old records. A lodge, hov

el, or outhouse.

LOGOGRAPHUS. A public clerk, register, or book-keeper; one In Roman law.