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; site

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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