situs
Americannoun
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position; situation.
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the proper or original position, as of a part or organ.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of situs
From Latin, dating back to 1695–1705; see origin at site
Example Sentences
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The White House received more than half a million pieces of mail opposing the "common situs" picketing bill.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Dunlop was willing to approve common situs picketing in exchange for something he considered more important to the overall economy: a mechanism that would centralize the fragmented, localized bargaining structure in the building trades.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last year he was confident that the House would pass the common situs picketing bill, which would have allowed a single union to shut down an entire construction site, but it lost by twelve votes.
From Time Magazine Archive
He vetoed the "common situs" picketing bill that would have allowed construction workers from a single local of a single union to close down an entire building project.
From Time Magazine Archive
A like result, although on this occasion on grounds of lack of evidence of any "business situs," was reached in Beidler v.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel
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