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...]

The pay to loadsmen; that is, persons who sail or row before ships, In barks or small vessels, with instruments for towing the ship and directing her course, in order that she may escape the dangers in her way. Poth. Des Avaries, no. 137. … [Read more...]

Relating to place; expressive of place; belonging or confined to a particular place. Distinguished from "general," "personal," and "transitory." Local act of parliament. An act which has for its object the interest of some particular locality, as the formation of a road, the alteration of the course of a river, the formation of a public market in a particular district, etc. … [Read more...]

maritime law, contracts. The pay to loadsmen; that is, persons who sail or row before ships, in barks or small vessels, with instruments for towing the ship, and directing her course, in order that she may escape the dangers in her way. … [Read more...]