LOCUM TENENS. He who holds the place of another, a deputy; as A B, locum tenens of C D, mayor of the city of Philadelphia.

LOCUS¹. The place where a thing is done.

LOCUS CONTRACTUS. The place of the contract. In general, the law of the place where the contract is made, governs in everything which relates to the mode of construing² it. Vide Lex loci contractus.

LOCUS DELICTI. The place where the tort, offence, or injury bas been committed.

LOCUS POENITENTIAE. contracts, crim. law. Literally³ this signifies a place of repentance⁴; 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.

LOCUS IN QUO. The place in which. In pleadings it is the place where any- thing is alleged⁵ to have been done. 1 Salk. 94.

LOCUS REI SITAE. The place where a thing is situated⁶. In proceedings⁷ 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 forum⁸ is the locus rei sitae. 2 Gall⁹. R. 191.

LOCUS SIGILLI. The place of the seal. 2. In many of the states, instead of sealing deeds, writs¹⁰, and other papers or documents requiring it, a scroll¹¹ is made in which the letters L. S. are printed or written, which is an abbreviation of Locus Sigilli. This in some of the states has all the efficacy of a seal, but in others it has no such effect. See Scroll.

LODGER¹². One who has a right to inhabit another man's house. He has not the same right as a tenant¹³; and is not entitled to the same notice to quit. Woodf. L. &_T. 177. See 7 Mann. & Gr. 87; S. C. 49 E. C. L. R. 85, 151, and article Inmate¹⁴.

LODGINGS¹⁵. Habitation in another's house, in which the owner dwells; the oc- cupier being termed a lodger.