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
He had no position at all towards the child—no rights, no control, no voice, no locus standi whatsoever.
From Peccavi by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
I am not pretending to have, in this matter, any locus standi.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Richard Marsh
This locus standi in nature is what is represented in thought by the concept of ‘here,’ namely of an ‘event here.’
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Alfred North Whitehead
A marriage with me, though under the—materially—untoward conditions I have mentioned, would make us happy; it would give her a locus standi.
From Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy
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