LOCUS POENITENTIAE. contracts, crim. law. Literally this signifies a place
of repentance; in law, it is the opportunity of withdrawing from a projected
contract, before the parties are finally bound; or of abandoning the
intention of committing a crime, before it has been completed, 2 Bro. C. R.
569; Ersk. Laws of Scotl. 290. Vide article Attempt.