Location \Lo*ca"tion\, n. [L. locatio, fr. locare.]
1. The act or process of locating.
2. Situation; place; locality. --Locke.
3. That which is located; a tract of land designated in
place. [U.S.]
4. (Law) (a) (Civil Law) A leasing on rent. (b) (Scots Law) A contract for the use of a thing, or
service of a person, for hire. --Wharton. (c) (Amer. Law) The marking out of the boundaries, or
identifying the place or site of, a piece of land,
according to the description given in an entry, plan,
map, etc. --Burrill. Bouvier.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |