locus standi
nounEtymology 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.
1
Law 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: