locus standi
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of locus standi
from Latin: a place for standing
Example Sentences
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“Other countries including China have no locus standi to comment,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2022
Over and beyond, he could not be said to have any distinctive locus standi in the Reform party.
From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by Dent, John Charles
I set these things down with modest diffidence, solely in order to establish my locus standi as a person who might be expected to know the difference between sound and noise.
From Alone by Douglas, Norman
He chafes under the whole position, and will yield nothing to a man who, as he conceives, has no locus standi.
From Sir George Tressady — Volume II by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Clearly, then, whether Major Marchand was an emissary of civilisation or a pioneer of French rule, he had no locus standi on the Nile.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland
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