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) CivilLaw
A leasing on rent.
(b) Scots
Law A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire
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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.
© Webster 1913.