Loco Parentis
LOCO PARENTIS
[Latin, The place of a parent.] A description of the relationship that an adult or an institution assumes toward an infant or minor of whom the adult is not a parent but to whom the adult or institution owes the obligation of care and supervision.
The term is usually designated in loco parentis.
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