Lieu

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lieu \Lieu\ (l[=u]), n. [F., OF. also liu, leu, lou, fr. L.
     locus place. See {Local}, {Locus}.]
     Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of,
     that is, instead of.
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           The plan of extortion had been adopted in lieu of the
           scheme of confiscation.                  --Burke.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lieu
       n : the function or position properly or customarily occupied or
           served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his
           place"; "in lieu of" [syn: {stead}, {position}, {place}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "lieu":
     abode, area, bearings, bench mark, district, emplacement, hole,
     latitude and longitude, locale, locality, location, locus,
     pinpoint, place, placement, point, position, region, site,
     situation, situs, spot, stead, whereabout, whereabouts
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  LIEU, place. In lieu of, instead, in the place of.