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locus 1. (in many legal phrases) a place or area, esp the place where something occurred 2. Maths a set of points whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions 3. Genetics the position of a particular gene on a chromosome
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"This is no locus docendi, it is true," began the clerical gentleman; "yet I beg you earnestly to let us profit by your learning. ) were untidy persons, with a low Italian standard; but I afterward recognized that a lodger who had forced an entrance had no locus standi as a critic. And on this agreement they started--Tom, satisfied with having made his confession, and not sorry to have a locus penitentiae, and not to be deprived altogether of the use of his old and faithful friend. |
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