in loco parentis

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in loco parentis (formal)

to be responsible for a child while the child's parents are absent Teachers are in loco parentis while children are at school.

See also: loco

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Tour management should not be expected to act in loco parentis and professionals should not be treated like children. New leader nowhere in sight by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Jacqui Smith's wishy-washy pals removed from our schools the teachers in loco parentis role that included common sense punishments. Letter: No role models by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) Both FMLA and OFLA specifically allow for "in loco parentis" leave and state that "a legal or biological relationship is not required" for an in loco parentis relationship to exist. Grandparents to be entitled to family leave by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)			in hot water in hour of need in ink in interest in inverted commas in its entirety in jeopardy in jest in just a minute in just a moment in keeping in keeping with in kind in labor in large part in league in league with in less than no time in lieu of in light of in limbo in line in line for in line with in living memory in loco parentis in love in low cotton in luck in marching order in memory of in midair in midst in mind's eye in mint condition in my book in my humble opinion in my wildest dreams in name in name only in need in neutral in next to no time in no mood to do in no time in no uncertain terms in nothing flat in on in on the act in on the ground floor in one breath			In Limbo In limine in line in line in line in line in line in line In Line Duct Fan in line for in line for in line for in line for in line for in line for In Line Skating Academy In Line Skating Injury In Line Vehicle Sequencing in line with in line with in line with something In litem In Living Color in living memory in living memory in living memory in living memory in loc. cit. In loco In loco in loco parentis in longhand in love in love in love in love in love In Love with You In Loving Memory In Loving Memory Of In loving service in low cotton in low spirits In lowest terms In Lucem Molecular Mechanics in luck in luck in luck in luck In majore summa continetur minor In maleficio ratihabitio mandato comparatur in many respects In marching order In marching order in margine positus in margine scriptus in mass In maxima potentia minima licentia in measure in measure in measure

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