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单词 locus poenitentiae
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locus poenitentiaen.

Brit. /ˌləʊkəs ˌpɛnᵻˈtɛnʃɪʌɪ/, /ˌləʊkəs ˌpɛnᵻˈtɛnʃɪiː/, /ˌlɒkəs ˌpɛnᵻˈtɛnʃɪiː/, /ˌlɒkəs ˌpɛnᵻˈtɛnʃɪʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌloʊkəs ˌpɛnəˈtɛn(t)ʃiˌaɪ/, /ˌloʊkəs ˌpɛnəˈtɛn(t)ʃiˌi/
Inflections: Plural loci poenitentiae.
Forms: 1600s– locus penitentiae, 1700s– locus poenitentiae, 1800s– locus paenitentiae.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin locus poenitentiae.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin locus poenitentiae opportunity for repentance (5th cent.; compare poenitentiae locus (Vulgate: Hebrews 12:17)) < classical Latin locus locus n.1 + poenitentiae , genitive of poenitentia penitence n.With sense 2 compare earlier use in English context of post-classical Latin locus poenitentium place of the penitents, with reference to the porch of a church, traditionally a place for penitents (compare narthex n.):1639 J. Swan Profano-mastix 5 As the Iewes had their Atrium exterius, their Atrium interius, Sanctum, and Sanctum Sanctorum; so had the first Christians their Locus Poenitentium, Auditorium, presbyterium and Sacrarium.
1. Law. Opportunity to withdraw from an engagement or obligation before it is finalized (so long as a particular step has not been taken); an instance of this.
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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > opportunity to recede from
locus poenitentiae1681
1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. x. 117 In all which, there is locus penitentiæ, even after the agreement, and either party may resile till the Write be subscribed and delivered.
1714 W. Forbes Jrnl. Session 1705–13 375 The Minute of Agreement charged on, being signed by both Parties..was a complete Minute and Bargain; and there was no Locus Pœnitentiæ.
a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iii. ii. 427 The right competent to a party to resile from a bargain concerning land, before he has bound himself by writing is called in our law locus pœnitentiæ.
1789 C. Durnford & E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench III. 149 An auction is not unaptly called locus pænitentiæ.
1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 489 I see no locus pœnitentiæ given to him after he has once made his election.
1927 W. M. Gloag & R. C. Henderson Introd. Law Scotl. 40 The right to withdraw from negotiations for a contract is in Scotland termed locus poenitentiae.
1985 Times 11 Mar. 22/1 The party threatening the breach had a locus poenitentiae and was entitled to withdraw the breach at any time before the innocent party communicated his unequivocal acceptance of the repudiation.
2012 Frontier Post (Pakistan) (Nexis) 1 Dec. The Commission lacks locus poenitentiae and cannot rescind its decision to extend his term.
2. A place of repentance. Obsolete. rare.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > place of
locus poenitentiae1855
1855 Read & Reflect I. 68 ‘The doors of the institution are open to a limited number of adult male criminals, as a locus poenitentiae’: that is to say, as a place for repentance and reformation.
1860 Dublin Univ. Mag. Mar. 346/1 We do not even mean that diocesan colleges are the fittest ‘loci penitentiæ’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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