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standingIn law, the status of being qualified to bring a legal matter before a court because one has a sufficient and protectable interest in its outcome. The courts have ruled that a plaintiff who has suffered or is threatened with actual injury (physical, economic, or other) clearly has standing. A plaintiff who cannot demonstrate such injury will lack standing and therefore be unable to bring a case. standing Athletics a. (of the start of a race) begun from a standing position without the use of starting blocks b. (of a jump, leap, etc.) performed from a stationary position without a run-up How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The creatures were about ten or fifteen feet tall, standing erect, and had, like the green Martians, an intermediary set of arms or legs, midway between their upper and lower limbs. Already the coffin was standing in their midst--a plain but decent shell which had been bought ready-made. The institutions chiefly alluded to are STANDING ARMIES and the correspondent appendages of military establishments. |
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