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
Etymology
Origin of situs
From Latin, dating back to 1695–1705; see origin at site
Example Sentences
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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
On the common situs picketing bill, they agreed that, because the toughest opposition was in the House, O'Neill should have first crack.
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
The White House received more than half a million pieces of mail opposing the "common situs" picketing bill.
From Time Magazine Archive
A flat stone in the chancel commemorates the second Thankful: “Hic situs est vir reverendus Thankfull Frewen hujus ecclesiæ per quinquaginta sex annos rector sanctissimus & doctissimus ... obiit 2do Septembris, 1749, anno ætatis 81mo.”
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.
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