standing

standing
/stan"ding/, n.
1. rank or status, esp. with respect to social, economic, or personal position, reputation, etc.: He had little standing in the community.
2. good position, reputation, or credit: He is a merchant of standing in the community.
3. length of existence, continuance, residence, membership, experience, etc.: a friend of long standing.
4. standings, Sports. a list of teams or contestants arranged according to their past records: According to the standings, the White Sox are leading the division by three games.
5. the act of a person or thing that stands.
6. a place where a person or thing stands.
7. Law. the right to initiate or participate in a legal action: having standing as a friend of the court.
adj.
8. having an erect or upright position: a standing lamp.
9. performed in or from an erect position: a standing jump.
10. still; not flowing or stagnant, as water; stationary.
11. continuing without cessation or change; lasting or permanent.
12. continuing in operation, force, use, etc.: a standing rule.
13. customary or habitual; generally understood: We have a standing bridge game every Friday night.
14. Print. kept for use in subsequent printings: standing type.
15. out of use; idle: a standing engine.
16. Naut. noting any of various objects or assemblages of objects fixed in place or position, unless moved for adjustment or repairs: standing bowsprit.
17. Knots. noting the part of a rope that is in use and terminates in a knot or the like.
[1300-50; ME; see STAND, -ING1, -ING2]
Syn. 2. See credit.

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In 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.

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Universalium. 2010.

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