locate

locate
To find. To discover by survey. Guardian Trust Co. of Houston, Tex. v. Jefferson Lake Oil Co., C.C.A.La., 85 F.2d 465, 467.
Also means to ascertain place in which something belongs. To ascertain and fix the position of something, the place of which was before uncertain or not manifest, as to locate the calls in a deed. To decide upon the place or direction to be occupied by something not yet in being, as to locate a road. To define location or limits, Delaware, L. & W. R. Co. v. Chiara, C.C.A.N.J., 95 F.2d 663, 668;
or designate site or place, Union Pac. R. Co. v. City of Los Angeles, 53 Cal.App.2d 825, 128 P.2d 408, 410.
To settle or become situated or established

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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