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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lieu \Lieu\ (l[=u]), n. [F., OF also liu, leu, lou, fr L.
locus place See {Local}, {Locus}.]
Place room stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of
that is instead of
The plan of extortion had been adopted in lieu of the
scheme of confiscation. --Burke.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lieu
n : the function or position properly or customarily occupied or
served by another: "can you go in my stead?"; "took his
place"; "in lieu of" [syn: {stead}, {position}, {place}]
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