LOCUS

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 action arose, or where anything is alleged, in pleadings, to have been done. The phrase is most frequently used in actions of trespass quare clausum (regit. Locus partitus. In old English law. A place divided. A division made between two towns or counties to make out in which the land or place in question lies. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 15,