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locus standi

locus standi noun: a right to appear in a court of law; legal standing.

Noun

locus standi (uncountable)

  1. A right to appear in a court of law; legal standing.
  2. Acknowledged position or status.
    • The other young man, because his host, Sir John Marraby, was not yet on the scene, had no locus standi, and […] had to be ignored.1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson

locus standi meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

locus standi in Tamil

வழக்குரையுரிமை, தலையீட்டுரிமை

locus standi in Kannada

ಅಂಗೀಕೃತ ಸ್ಥಾನ, ಅಧಿಕಾರ ಸ್ಥಾನ, ಸ್ಥಾನಾಧಿಕಾರ, ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಗೌರವ, ಮರ್ಯಾದೆ

locus standi in Indonesian

legal standing
kedudukan hukum

Origin of locus standi

Latin; short for locus standi in iudicio ‘standing position in court’. Latin Locus denotes a location, while standi is the gerund form of the verb stare, meaning to stand.

Questions about locus standi

What does locus standi mean?
Locus standi means a right to appear in a court of law; legal standing.
What is locus standi in Tamil?
Locus standi in Tamil is வழக்குரையுரிமை, தலையீட்டுரிமை. See Locus standi meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is locus standi?
Locus standi is a noun.

Words near locus standi in the dictionary

  1. locus classicus
  2. locus coeruleus
  3. locus in quo
  4. locus of control
  5. locus poenitentiae
  6. locus standi
  7. locuses
  8. locust
  9. locust bean
  10. locust bean gum
  11. locust bean gums

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Adapted from Wiktionary: locus standi (page history and authors); locus standi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); locus standi (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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