contracts, crim. 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, 2 Bro. C. R. 569; Ersk. Laws of Scotl. 290. Vide article Attempt. … [Read more...]
LOCARE
To let for hire; to deliver or bail a thing for a certain revrard or compensation. Bract foL 62. … [Read more...]
LOCKING UP A JURY
The sequestration of a jury which is confined and protected from outside influence. … [Read more...]
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. 2 Gall. R. 191. … [Read more...]
LOCARIUM
In old European law. The price of letting; money paid for the hire of a thing; rent Spelman. … [Read more...]