(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:56:02

Lo"cum te"nens (?). [L., holding the place; locus place + tenens, p. pr. of tenere to hold. Cf. Lieutenant.]

A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time.

 

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