locus standi
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of locus standi
from Latin: a place for standing
Example Sentences
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“Other countries including China have no locus standi to comment,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
In this comfortable drawing-room we had no locus standi at all.
From Mrs. Fitz by J. C. Snaith
More than this, he was now free from the danger of Parliamentary control; it was easier to deal with one Parliament than two; they had no locus standi for constitutional opposition to his policy.
From Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire by James Wycliffe Headlam
What locus standi Shûm-iddin had is not clear.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
I am not pretending to have, in this matter, any locus standi.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Richard Marsh
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