situs

American  

[sahy-tuhs, see-] / ˈsaɪ təs, ˈsi- /

noun

plural

situses, situs

1. position; situation.

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

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situs British  

/ ˈsaɪtəs /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of situs

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

Example Sentences

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

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

Jonesia: pedicellis apice articulatis, basi bracteolatis, ideoque infloresc. magis composita esse debet; laciniis anticis? corollæ? perianth compositum, binatum præbentibus, emarginatio et situs stam 5ti rudiment. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William