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[Latin, Situation; location.] The place where a particular event occurs.

For example, the situs of a crime is the place where it was committed; the situs of a trust is the location where the trustee performs his or her duties of managing the trust.

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situs n. Latin for location, be it where the crime or accident took place or where the building stands.

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situs noun locale, locality, location, locus, place, placement, point, position, site, situation
Associated concepts: situs of a crime

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See also: locality, situated, situation

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SITUS. Situation;, location. 5 Pet. R. 524.
     2. Real estate has always a fixed situs, while personal estate has no such fixed situs; the law rei site regulates real but not the personal estate. Story, Confl. of Laws, Sec. 379.