A temporary dwelling place such as a hotel or motel. Also may be used as a verb to mean to file or to make a formal complaint. … [Read more...]

contracts. A term used in the civil law, to signify the hiring of labor and services. It is a contract by which one of the parties gives a certain 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, n. 392. This is divided into two … [Read more...]

Latin: Holding the place. A deputy, substitute, lieutenant, or representative. He who holds the place of another, a deputy; as A B, locum tenens of C D, mayor of the city of Philadelphia. … [Read more...]

contracts. A term used in the civil law. There are two kinds, first, the location operis faciendi, strictly so called, or the hire of labor and services; such as the hire of tailors to make clothes, and of jewelers to set gems, and of watchmakers to repair watches. Jones' Bailm. 90, 96, 97. Secondly, Locatio custodiae, or the receiving of goods on deposit for a reward, which is … [Read more...]

Latin: In the civil law. Able to respond in an action; good for the amount which the plaintiff might recover. Dig. 60, 16, 234, L … [Read more...]