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locus, locust
locus (LOH kuhs) (noun)
The focus or center of an undertaking: The sports stadium was the locus of the students' activities.
locust (LOH kuhst) (noun)
1. A grasshopper, which is one of many, that swarms in and devastates an area of vegetation: The farmers were not fearful of an invasion of just one locust, but of multitudes of them during the summer.
2. One of several hard wood, leguminous trees: Marla has a locust in her garden to provide shade.

The locus of the invasion of the locust, and its multitudes of relatives, was the grain fields and each tree that is a locust which grows along the river.

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Word Entries containing the term: “locus”
locus ceruleus, locus coeruleus
A bluish area of the brain stem.
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locus classicus
A classical source.

This passage is commonly cited to explain or illustrate a subject and is also translated as, "The most authoritative or most frequently cited passage."

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locus delicti
The place of a crime.

A corpus delicti establishes that a crime has been committed; while a locus delicti is the place where the crime occurred.

This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group L (page 3) linqu-, lict- (page 1)
locus in quo
The place in which.

The place in question or the spot mentioned. This phrase refers to a place where something of interest has occurred or where a passage under discussion may be found.

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locus poenitentiae
A place or opportunity for repentance.

A legal expression that denotes the period within which a person may withdraw from an assumed obligation before it becomes legally binding.

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locus sigilli, l.s., L.S.
Place of or for the seal.

This phrase indicates the place on a document for affixing the seal of the notary public or other official responsible for such seals.

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Non erat his locus.
That was not the place for these things.

Also translated as, "That was inappropriate."

This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group N (page 4) non- + (page 1)