1. The specific place or position of a person or thing.
2. The act or process of locating.
3. Real estate. The designation of the boundaries of a particular piece of land, either on the record or on the land itself. [Cases: Boundaries 7–9. C.J.S. Boundaries §§ 10–23.]
4. Mining law. The act of appropriating a mining claim. See MINING CLAIM. [Cases: Mines and Minerals 9–38. C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§ 13, 26–93, 95–110, 112, 131.]
5. The claim so appropriated. — Also termed (in senses 4 & 5) mining location.
6. Civil law. A contract for the temporary use of something for hire; a leasing for hire. See LOCATIO.
