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Locus in quo
The Latin term "Locus in quo" means, in a UK legal context: "scene of the event".
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Locus in quo. The place in which: where an alleged thing was done, as, a trespass commited; or, where land in dispute lies -- the place in question. Locus poenitentić.
Of this class are real actions, actions of waste, when brought on the statute of Gloucester to recover with the damages, the locus in quo or place wasted; and actions of ejectment.
The name of a plea in an action of trespass, by which the defendant claims the locus in quo to be his soil and freehold, or the soil and freehold of a third person, by whose command he entered. 2 Salk. 453; 7 T. R. 355; 1 Saund. 299, b, note.
 See also: Locus, Term, Venue, Action, Defect
  
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