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situs

American  
[sahy-tuhs, see-] / ˈsaɪ təs, ˈsi- /

noun

  • situses,
    plural
  • situs
    plural
  1. position; situation.

  2. the proper or original position, as of a part or organ.


situs British  
/ ˈsaɪtəs /

noun

  1. position or location, esp the usual or right position of an organ or part of the body

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of situs

From Latin, dating back to 1695–1705; see origin at site


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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

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

On the common situs bill, explains Forrest Rettgers, executive vice president of the NAM, "we overlooked nothing."

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

Until 1930, transfer taxes upon intangibles levied by both the domiciliary as well as nondomiciliary, or situs State, were with rare exceptions approved.

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 Edward Samuel Corwin

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