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.
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