Definition of locate
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located; locating
intransitive verb
:
to establish oneself or one's business : settle
• The company will locate north of the city.
transitive verb
1 : to determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of
• locate the lines of the property.
2 : to set or establish in a particular spot : station
• located the clock in the exact center of the mantel
3 : to seek out and determine the location of
• Try to locate the source of the sound.
4 : to find or fix the place of especially in a sequence : classify
• locating the reigns of the pastoral kings
Intransitive verbs
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/transitive-and-intransitive-verbs
An intransitive verb does not have an object. In the following sentences, cry, work, laugh, and talk are intransitive verbs:
Transitive and intransitive verbs
Here is a short list of some common verbs that can be transitive or intransitive:
Verb Transitive Intransitive
move Could you move your car please? The trees were moving in the breeze.
start Taylor was found guilty of starting the fire. The match starts at 3 p.m.
change Marriage hasn’t changed her. The area’s changed greatly in the last decade.
close Close your eyes; I’ve got a surprise for you. Most shops here close at 5.30 p.m.
open Open the window; it’s too hot in here! The museum opens at 10 a.m.
stop Greg tried to stop her from leaving. When the rain stopped, we went for a walk.
do Have you done your coursework? Joe’s doing well in his new job.
set Kate set a chair next to the bed. The sun was setting and a red glow filled the sky.
run Michelle used to run a restaurant. The path ran over the hill.
live Our cat lived till he was 10. He was living a life of luxury abroad.
wash Have you washed your hands? I washed, dressed, and went out.
write Write your name here. Kevin couldn’t read or write.
What Is an Intransitive Verb? (with Examples)
An intransitive verb is one that does not take a direct object. In other words, it is not done to someone or something. It only involves the subject.
Intransitive Verb | What Is an Intransitive Verb?
The opposite of an intransitive verb is a transitive verb. A transitive verb can have a direct object. For example:
• He laughed.
(Laughed is an intransitive verb. It has no direct object. You cannot laugh something.)
• He told a joke.
(Told is a transitive verb. The direct object is a joke. You can tell something. You can tell a story, a lie, a joke, etc.)
Remember, you can find the direct object of a verb by reading the verb and then asking "what?" (or "whom?"). If this question is not appropriate, then you're probably dealing with an intransitive verb. For example (verbs in bold):
• He caught the bus after the party.
(Q: Caught what? A: the bus. This is a transitive verb. It has a direct object.)
• He disappeared after the party.
(Q: Disappeared what? That doesn't make sense. You can't disappear something. This is an intransitive verb. It can't take a direct object.)
Examples of Intransitive Verbs
Here are some more examples of intransitive verbs:
• Every single person voted.
• The jackdaws roost in these trees.
• The crowd demonstrated outside the theatre.
(In this example, demonstrated is an intransitive verb. However, to demonstrate can be used transitively too, e.g., He demonstrated a karate chop to the class.)
MANNER OF LOCATION
The United States mining laws require that placer claims shall be so located as to embrace legal subdivisions of the public land surveys where the lands have been surveyed, except in cases where the placer deposits are of the “gulch” type, that is, located in or along narrow stream beds or gulches, in which case the claims can be located by metes and bounds so as to conform generally to the shape of the deposit on the surface. Where locations are made by legal subdivisions, the smallest subdivision that can be so located is a square 10-acre tract. Each 10-acre tract must be mineral in character, but only one discovery is necessary to validate the claim.
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This requirement is intended to apply primarily to placer claims located by metes and bounds and not by legal subdivisions. The meaning of the requirement may be illustrated as follows: One locator can locate 20 acres in a single claim, but such location cannot be of such shape as to have any part thereof outside of a square 40-acre tract. In other words, this means that if a square 40-acre figure were to be superimposed on a 20-acre location, all of the location should fall within the boundaries of the square. Four locators could locate a claim embracing 80 acres, but in order to come within the requirements such location would need to be of such width and length as to fall entirely within the boundaries of two square 40-acre tracts, assuming that such 80-acre figure was superimposed on the location.
When a discovery of mineral in placer form has been made on land that is subject to location, a location should be made promptly in order that others may not make a prior location and thus deprive the prospector of his right to work the deposit. While the United States mining laws give no rights to a locator prior to the time he makes a discovery, it is generally customary for a prospector to make a location on the ground he expects to prospect before prospecting has actually begun. Prior to discovery, a prospector in actual occupation and diligently searching for mineral is a licensee or tenant at will, and no adverse right can be initiated or acquired through a forcible or fraudulent intrusion upon his possession by others, but if his occupancy be relaxed or be merely incidental to something other than a diligent search for mineral, another may acquire a valid right by peaceable entry and compliance with the law.
After discovery has actually been made, the prospector may, if he so desires, make as many locations as are necessary to protect his rights to the deposit, there being no limit placed on the number of mining claims that can be located by an individual or a group of locators, but a discovery must be made on each claim located. The extent of the placer material can often be determined by merely examining the surface- of the ground, but in other instances it may be necessary to excavate test-pits or to drill small test-holes. A satisfactory and economical method of determining the extent of the deposit is by the use of a post-hole auger.
When the extent of the deposit has been ascertained, the claim boundaries should be marked by setting up stakes or erecting monuments at the corners of the claim if the land is unsurveyed. If the land is surveyed and the claim is located by legal subdivisions, the United States mining laws do not require that the corners be staked or monumented. However, some states have laws requiring that the corners of the claims be monumented, regardless of whether the land is surveyed or unsurveyed. At the time of location. a location notice should be posted at a conspicuous place on the claim and such notice should contain the name or names of the locators. the date of location, a statement of the legal subdivisions embraced in the claim, or
a description of the claim boundaries by metes and bounds with reference to some corner of an existing survey ‘or to some natural object or permanent monument which can be identified readily.
Mineral in Character and the Ten Acre Rule
(Placer Claims Only)
Each 10-acre subdivision of a placer claim must be mineral in character;
if a 10-acre tract is nonmineral in character, it must be excluded from the patent. In McCall v. Andrus, 628 F32d 1185 (9th Cir.1980), cert, denied 450 U.S. 996 (1981), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ten-acre rule and also the rule that only one discovery is required for a claim, regardless of size.
Distinction between "Discovery" and "Mineral in Character"
A small number of Interior and Federal court cases have distinguished between “discovery" and "mineral in character."
Proof of discovery requires a showing of an exposed mineral deposit on the claim, whereas, mineral in character may be proved by geological inference. The marketability test is applied to both discovery and mineral in character. Discovery is the higher standard because lands may be mineral in character but still lack a discovery.
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