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. … [Read more...]

Latin: A place; the place where a thing is done. Locus contractus. The place of a contract; the place where a contract is made Locus criminis. The locality of a crime; the place where a crime was committed. Locus delicti. The place of the offense; the place where an offense was committed. 2 Kent, Comm. 109. Locus in quo. The place in which. The place in which the cause of … [Read more...]

(A) 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. 1 Bell's Com. B. 2, pt. 3, c. 2, s. 4, art. 2, Section 1, page 255. Vide Bailment; Hire. (B) 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 … [Read more...]

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. Vide Lex loci contractus. … [Read more...]

In a deed, patent, or other instrument containing a description of land, locative calls are specific calls, descriptions, or marks of location, referring to landmarks, physical oDjects, or other points by which the land can be exactlv located and identified. … [Read more...]