The question was sidelock. If the lock parts are mounted on a removable plate, not in the frame, it is a sidelock. Doesn't matter if it is a Crescent with a bent spring steel mainspring --

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or a British Brasier, it is a sidelock! Intercepting sears, stocked to the fences, etc. are superfluous to the question.