Lieu won election in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent California's 33rd District. Lieu and Elan Carr (R) advanced past the blanket primary on June 3, 2014. Due to its unusual Francophonic spelling, many people misspell lieu (which appears most often in the phrase in lieu of) as loo or lue. We even have evidence for people assuming the phrase is inlu of. It is, in fact, in lieu of. Lieu as a standalone noun means “place” and it’s now archaic. To be in lieu of something is to replace it or substitute for it. A restaurant that's run out of clams might serve French onion soup in lieu of chowder. The word lieu originally comes from the Latin locus, meaning place, and its meaning has stayed true to its origins ever since. Born in Taiwan, Lieu is one of the few members of Congress who are naturalized U.S. citizens. He graduated with two degrees from Stanford University and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University. Borrowed from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”). Doublet of locus. Attested earlier and in Middle English only as part of the partially calqued phrase in lieu of. LIEU translate: place, hake, premises, whereabouts. Learn more in the Cambridge French-English Dictionary. To be in lieu of something is to replace it or substitute for it. A restaurant that's run out of clams might serve French onion soup in lieu of chowder. The word lieu originally comes from the Latin locus, meaning place, and its meaning has stayed true to its origins ever since. lieu (ljuː; luː) n stead; place (esp in the phrases in lieu, in lieu of) [C13: from Old French, ultimately from Latin locus place] You can take a lump sum in lieu of any unused vacation entitlement. He was offered a cash bonus, or stock options in lieu. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lieu. If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.