locus standi
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of locus standi
from Latin: a place for standing
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“Other countries including China have no locus standi to comment,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2022
Eh, to be sure," said Mr. Chichester, "what you may call my locus standi in this affair is just nothing at all.
From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Their locus standi, however, was invariably a critical one, and their commercial transactions with the semi-barbarous Philippine Islanders were always conducted afloat.
From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John
In this comfortable drawing-room we had no locus standi at all.
From Mrs. Fitz by Snaith, J. C.
What locus standi Shûm-iddin had is not clear.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
