locum tenens
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Nearly nonverbal, Scrat wouldn’t even require a locum tenens; of all the movie’s sins, his omission is unforgivable.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2022
John Huneke, 69, who last year sold the ophthalmology practice he ran for 33 years in Ada, Okla., has done several locum tenens stints through CompHealth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though still a church term, locum tenens is also used for temporary health-care jobs.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Middle Ages, the term locum tenens, Latin for "holding the place," was used to describe substitute priests.
From Time Magazine Archive
This came about by his absence giving the locum tenens opportunity to acquire a prescriptive right, which he might do in three years, if he showed himself a more worthy holder.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
