situs
Americannoun
plural
situses, situs-
position; situation.
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the proper or original position, as of a part or organ.
noun
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
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
Professor James Waddell Alexander will lecture on combinatorial analysis situs, hold seminars on the applications of algebra and group theory to topology.
From Time Magazine Archive
The law of the situs is of universal application governing property.
From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Keifer, Joseph Warren
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