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Locus Standi

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What does Locus Standi mean?

noun

  1. A right to appear in a court of law; legal standing.
  2. Acknowledged position or status.

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In the situation which their marriage would create he could see no locus standi for himself at all.
Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #143
“I am sure we owe you an apology, Mrs. Toller,” said Holmes, “for you have certainly cleared up everything which puzzled us. And here comes the country surgeon and Mrs. Rucastle, so I think, Watson, that we had best escort Miss Hunter back to Winchester, as it seems to me that our locus standi now is rather a questionable one.”
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesProject Gutenberg ebook #1661