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locus standi

noun/ˌləʊkəs ˈstændaɪ/

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The legal right to bring or be heard in a particular proceeding.

The objector has no locus standi because he suffered no direct loss.

Similar: standing

Topic: Advocacy in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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