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LO'CAL, a. [L. localis; from locus, place, loco. See Lay.]

1. Pertaining to a place, or to a fixed or limited portion of space. We say, the local situation of the house is pleasant. We are often influenced in our opinions by local circumstances.

2. Limited or confined to a spot, place, or definite district; as a local custom. The yellow fever is local in its origin, and often continues for a time, to be a local disease.

3. In law, local actions are such as must be brought in a particular county, where the cause arises; distinguished from transitory actions.


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LO'CAL, a. [L. localis; from locus, place, loco. See Lay.]

1. Pertaining to a place, or to a fixed or limited portion of space. We say, the local situation of the house is pleasant. We are often influenced in our opinions by local circumstances.

2. Limited or confined to a spot, place, or definite district; as a local custom. The yellow fever is local in its origin, and often continues for a time, to be a local disease.

3. In law, local actions are such as must be brought in a particular county, where the cause arises; distinguished from transitory actions.

LO'CAL, a. [Fr. and Sp. local; It. locale; L. localis; from locus, place, Sans. log; from the root of lay; L. loco. See Lay.]

  1. Pertaining to a place, or to a fixed or limited portion of space. We say, the local situation of the house is pleasant. We are often influenced in our opinions by local circumstances.
  2. Limited or confined to a spot, place, or definite district; as, a local custom. The yellow fever is local in its origin, and often continues for a time, to be a local disease.
  3. In law, local actions are such as must be brought in a particular county, where the muse arises; distinguished from transitory actions. – Blackstone.

Lo"cal
  1. Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom.

    Gives to airy nothing
    A local habitation and a name.     Shak.

    Local actions (Law), actions such as must be brought in a particular county, where the cause arises; -- distinguished from transitory actions. -- Local affection (Med.), a disease or ailment confined to a particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the system. -- Local attraction (Magnetism), an attraction near a compass, causing its needle to deviate from its proper direction, especially on shipboard. -- Local battery (Teleg.), the battery which actuates the recording instruments of a telegraphic station, as distinguished from the battery furnishing a current for the line. -- Local circuit (Teleg.), the circuit of the local battery. -- Local color. (a) (Paint.) The color which belongs to an object, and is not caused by accidental influences, as of reflection, shadow, etc. (b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is laid. -- Local option, the right or obligation of determining by popular vote within certain districts, as in each county, city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverages within the district shall be allowed.

  2. A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district.

    [U.S.]
  3. On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published.

    [U.S.]
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Local

LO'CAL, adjective [Latin localis; from locus, place, loco. See Lay.]

1. Pertaining to a place, or to a fixed or limited portion of space. We say, the local situation of the house is pleasant. We are often influenced in our opinions by local circumstances.

2. Limited or confined to a spot, place, or definite district; as a local custom. The yellow fever is local in its origin, and often continues for a time, to be a local disease.

3. In law, local actions are such as must be brought in a particular county, where the cause arises; distinguished from transitory actions.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

3. Weight or consequence in self-estimation.

He believes himself a man of importance.

4. Thing implied; matter; subject; importunity. [In these senses, obsolete.]

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BURSE, n. burs.

1. A public edifice in certain cities, for the meeting of merchants to consult on matters of trade and money, and to negotiate bills of exchange. This is the name used in many cities in Europe, but in England and America, such building is called an exchange. The new Burse in Paris is one of the most elegant buildings in the city.

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