locus in quo

In law, locus in quo refers to "the place where the cause of action arose", that is, the land to which the defendant trespassed.

However, if the aircraft is in or flying over the territory of another state, that state may also have concurrent jurisdiction, and the locus in quo principle may apply to the exact position of the aircraft when the birth occurred.

The court awarded the property to the owner of the locus in quo instead of the finder and rejected the distinctions between categories of lost property as anachronistic in situations in which personal property is buried or hidden on privately owned realty.

Represented by lawyer John H. Martindale, Blacksmith sued Joseph Fellows and Robert Kendle, agents of the Land Company, for the torts of assault and battery and trespass, quare clausum fregit, with the sawmill as the locus in quo.

If a person were to announce to a policeman that he was about to go to the house of his sworn enemy and beat the living daylights out of him, it would not make sense if the law were that the policeman had to follow the suspect to the locus in quo and only then arrest him.