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Webster 1913 Edition

(lū)

Noun.

[F., OF. also

liu

leu

lou

, fr. L.

locus

place. See

Place; room; stead; – used only in the phrase

in lieu of

, that is, instead of.

The plan of extortion had been adopted in

lieu

of the scheme of confiscation.

Burke.

Noun.

[L. locus, Eng. ley or lea. See Ley.]

Place; room; stead. It is used only with in. Let me have gold in lieu of silver. In lieu of fashionable honor, let justice by substituted.