in loco parentis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin in locō parentis (“in place of a parent”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪn ˌləʊkəʊ pəˈɹɛntɪs/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adverb[edit]

in loco parentis (not comparable)

  1. (law) Assuming the place or position of a parent.
    All persons in loco parentis have a responsibility to care for the child.

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References[edit]

  • 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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