LOCUS DELICTI

locus delicti (loh-k[schwa]s d[schwa]-lik-tI). [Latin “place of the wrong”] The place where an offense was committed; the place where the last event necessary to make the actor liable occurred. Cf. LEX LOCI DELICTI. [Cases: Torts 2. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace § 272; Conflict of Laws §§ 16–17, 99; Right of Privacy and Publicity§§ 3, 40;