Lō-cā′tion, n.

(110), n. [Lat. locatio, from locare; Fr. location, Pr. locatio, Sp. locacion, It. locazione. See supra.]

1. The act of placing, or of designating a place.
2. The place where something spoken of is located or permanently fixed.
3. That which is located; a tract of land designated in place.
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. Erskine. 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, and the like. Burrill. Bouvier.