The phrase "a lieu" is not correct in English; it seems to be a misspelling or misinterpretation of the French phrase "à lieu" which means "in place" or "instead." You can use the correct phrase "in lieu of" when you want to indicate that something is being done as a substitute or replacement for something else.
Example: "We will be having a meeting in lieu of our regular conference call this week."
Alternatives: "instead of" or "in place of".
The treasurer is having a "lieu day" while fighting a defamation case in a Sydney court, the prime minister, Tony Abbott, has said.
En contrepoint, il y a lieu de considérer le rôle décisif de l' en-dehors", non pas de cet Orient exotique que crée l' en-dehorsmais plutôt de celui du geste inonrse pas lequel l'Occident devient.
All of this, according to the public relations wing of the French prison service, has made La Santé a lieu de mémoire ("a site of memory"), a term used by French historians to denote buildings and monuments that are charged with historical meaning.
If you have a lieu day today, or if you've broken both of your legs and cannot leave the sofa, or if you have suffered some kind of nervous breakdown in the past three months, than you may be interested to know you can livesteam the entire knees-up on Fifa's official website.
A lieu tenant stood at the right of the line, the point of his sword upon the ground, his left hand resting upon his right.
A lieu-dit is similar to a climat in that it is sub region within a Cru considered to produce higher quality grapes, but unlike a climat, a lieu-dit has no formal legal recognition.
Mes pensées accompagnent les personnes touchées par la tragédie qui a eu lieu la nuit dernière sur l'avenue Danforth.
En face du café la belle époque, où une fusillade a eu lieu @lepoint pic.twitter.com/T84WRsRQwf.
Will you accept a diploma in lieu of a transcript?
"If men can accept a uniform in lieu of a variety of dress suits, why shouldn't women?" she says.
Denis was carrying a backpack in lieu of a purse, and she flung it carelessly into the banquette.
