Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

group of companies; local unions are consolidated into national unions, which are in turn joined into international unions. LOCATIO CUSTODIAE [L. locatio / a contract for letting and hiring, a lease + custodia / custody, care] Services performed for hire on an object delivered under a bailment. LOCATIO OPERIS [L. locatio / a lease or bailment + opera / work, services] The obligation to supply the materials and to perform the services on an object delivered for repair or renovation, as by a tailor to mend a dress or suit. LOCATIO REI Any hiring of a thing or chattel. LOCO CITATO [L. locus / place, neighborhood + citare / to put in motion] At the place cited or described. Abb. loc. cit . LOCO PARENTIS See IN LOCO PARENTIS LOCUM TENENS [L. locus + tenere / to have or hold] The position of an assistant or deputy who serves in the place of his superior when the latter is no longer able or eligible to serve, until the deputy is replaced by the person entitled to hold the office permanently. An interim deputy or substitute. LOCUS The place. In law, the place where a thing or matter at issue has been done or taken place. LOCUS CONTRACTUS [L. locus + contrahere / to draw together, collect] The place where the contract was made. The place of execution of a contract, or the place at which some act of the parties rendered a contract effective and in force. LOCUS CONTRACTUS REGIT ACTUM The place where the contract was made controls the act. LOCUS CRIMINIS [L. locus + crimen / accusation, charge, crime] The location of a crime. The place where the crime was committed. LOCUS DELICTI [L. locus + delictum / fault, delinquency] The place where the wrong or offense occurred or was committed. Although used sometimes interchangeably with locus criminis — locus delicti is broader in meaning and includes civil torts as well as crimes.

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