Legal Term Dictionary

Relating to place, expressive of place; belonging or confined to a particular place. Distinguished from "general," "personay and "transitory/* -Local aot 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, More...

Relating to place, expressive of place; belonging or confined to a particular place. Distinguished from "general," "personay and "transitory/* -Local aot 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 Brown.-Local assessment. A charge in the nature of tax. levied to pay the whole or part of the cost of local improvements, and assessed upon the various parcels of property specially benefited thereby. Gould v. Baltimore, 59 Md. 380.-Local enatteL A thing is local that is fixed to the freehold. Kitchin, 180.-Local courts. Courts whose jurisdiction is limited to a particular territory or district. The expression often signifies the courts of the state, in opposition to the United States courts. People v. Porter, 90 N. Y. 75; Geraty v. Reid, 78 N. Y. 67.-Local freight. Freight shipped from either terminus of a railroad to a way station, or vice versa, or from one way station to another; that is, over a part of the road only. Mobile & M. R. Co. v. Steiner, 61 Ala. 579.-Local Influence. As a statutory ground for the removal of a cause from a state court to a federal court, this means influence enjoyed and wielded by the plaintiff, as a resident of the place where the suit is brought in consequence of his wealth, prominence, political importance, business or social relations, or otherwise, such as might affect the minds of the court or jury and prevent the defendant from winning the case, even thouph the merits should be with him. See Neale v. Foster (C. C.) 31 Fed. 53.-Local option. A privilege accorded by the legislature of a state to the several counties or other districts of the state to determine, each for itself, by popular vote, whether or not licenses should be issued for the sale of intoxicating liquors within such districts. See Wilson v. State, 35 Ark. 416; State v. Brown. 19 Fla. 598.-Local prejudice. The "prejudice or local influence^ which will warrant the removal of a cause from a state court to a federal court may be either prejudice and influence existing against the party seeking such removal or existing in favor of his adversary. Neale v. Foster (C C) 31 Fed. 53. As to local "Action," "Agent* "Allegiance," "Custom," "Government," wImprovement,, "Law," "Statute,* oTaxes," and "Venne," see those titles. Less...

In Scotch law. This name is given to a life-rent created in marriage contracts in favor of the wife, instead of leaving her to her legal life-rent of tierce. 1 Bell, Comm. 55.

In Scotch law. This name is given to a life-rent created in marriage contracts in favor of the wife, instead of leaving her to her legal life-rent of tierce. 1 Bell, Comm. 55. Less...

To let for hire; to deliver or bail a thing for a certain reward or compensation. Bract foL 62.

To let for hire; to deliver or bail a thing for a certain reward or compensation. Bract foL 62. Less...

In old European law. The price of letting; money paid for the hire of a thing; rent Spelman.

In old European law. The price of letting; money paid for the hire of a thing; rent Spelman. Less...

In French law. A lessee, tenant or renter.

In French law. A lessee, tenant or renter. Less...

Lat A depositee.

Lat A depositee. Less...

To ascertain and fix the position of something, the place of which was before uncertain or not manifest; as to locate the calls in a deed. To decide upon the place or direction to be occupied by something not yet in being; as to locate a road.

To ascertain and fix the position of something, the place of which was before uncertain or not manifest; as to locate the calls in a deed. To decide upon the place or direction to be occupied by something not yet in being; as to locate a road. Less...

Lat In the civil law. Let ting for hire. The term is also used by text-writers upon the law of bailment at common law. In Scotch law it is translated "location." BelL -Locatio-oonduotio. In the civil law. A compound word used to denote the contract of bailment for hire, expressing More...

Lat In the civil law. Let ting for hire. The term is also used by text-writers upon the law of bailment at common law. In Scotch law it is translated "location." BelL -Locatio-oonduotio. In the civil law. A compound word used to denote the contract of bailment for hire, expressing the action of both parties, vis., a letting by tbe one and a hiring by the other. 2 Kent, Comm. 686, note: Story, Bailm. ? 368; Coggs v. Bernard, 2 Ld. Raym. 913.-Locatio custodies. A letting to keep; a bailment or deposit of goods for hire. Story, Bailm. ? 442.-Locatio operis. In tbe civil law. The contract of hiring work, i. e., labor and services. It is a contract by which one of tbe parties gives a certain work to be performed Dy the other, who binds himself to do it for the price agreed between tbem, which he who gives the work to be done promises to pay to the other for doing it. Poth. Louage, no. 392; Zell v. Dunkle, 156 Pa. 353, 27 Atl. 38. -Looatio operis faciendi. A letting out of work to be done; a bailment of a thing for the purpose of having some work and labor oo care and pains bestowed on it for a pecuniary recompense. 2 Kent Com. 586, 588; Story, Bailm. ft 370, 421, 422.-Locatio operis mer-oium ?ehendarum. A letting of work to be done in the carrying of goods; a contract of bailment by which goods are delivered to a per* son to carry for hire. 2 Kent Comm. 597; Story, Bailm. fi? 370, 457.-Locatio rei. A letting of a thing to hire. 2 Kent, Comm. 586. The bailment or letting of a thing to be used by the bailee for a compensation to be paid by him. Story. Bailm. { 370. Less...

In American land law. The designation of the boundaries of a particular piece of land, either upon record or on the land itself. Mosby v. Carland, 1 Bibb. (Ky.) 84. The finding and marking out the bounds of a particular tract of land, upon the land itself, in conformity to More...

In American land law. The designation of the boundaries of a particular piece of land, either upon record or on the land itself. Mosby v. Carland, 1 Bibb. (Ky.) 84. The finding and marking out the bounds of a particular tract of land, upon the land itself, in conformity to a certain description contained in an entry, grant map, etc.; such description consisting in what are tefmed "locative calls." Cunningham v. Browning, 1 Bland (Md.) 329. In mining law. The act of appropriating a "mining claim" (parcel of land containing precious metal in its soil or rock) according to certain established rules. It usually consists in placing on the ground, in a conspicuous position, a notice setting forth the name of the locator, the fact that it Is thus taken or located, with the requisite description of the extent and boundaries of the parcel. St Louis Smelting, etc., Co. v. Kemp, 104 U. S. 649, 26 L. Ed. 875. In a secondary sense, the mining claim covered by a single act of appropriation or location. Id. In Scotch law. 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, Comm. 255. Less...

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 oOjects, or other points by which tbe land can be exactly located and identified.

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 oOjects, or other points by which tbe land can be exactly located and identified. Less...