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Situs (law) In law, the situs (pronounced / ˈsaɪtəs /) ( Latin for position or site) of property is where the property is treated as being located for legal purposes. This may be important when determining which laws apply to the property, since the situs of an object determines the lex situs, that is, the law applicable in the jurisdiction ...
Cardiology. Situs ambiguus is a rare congenital defect in which the major visceral organs are distributed abnormally within the chest and abdomen. Clinically heterotaxy spectrum generally refers to any defect of Left-right asymmetry and arrangement of the visceral organs; however, classical heterotaxy requires multiple organs to be affected.
Situs inversus. Situs inversus causes the positions of the heart and lungs to be mirrored. Situs inversus (also called situs transversus or oppositus) is a congenital condition in which the major visceral organs are reversed or mirrored from their normal positions. The normal arrangement of internal organs is known as situs solitus.
Situs (law), a legal term meaning "site" where a law applies. In biology, situs refers to the disposition of organs in organisms with left-right asymmetry. Situs solitus, the normal position of organs. Situs inversus, the inverted disposition of organs. Situs ambiguus (heterotaxia), comprises mixed cases where only some organs are inverted.
Situs solitus (Latin: "usual site") is the medical term referring to the normal position of thoracic and abdominal organs. Anatomically, this means that the heart is on the left with the pulmonary atrium on the right and the systemic atrium on the left along with the cardiac apex. Right-sided organs are the liver, the gall bladder and a ...
Lex loci rei sitae (or Lex situs. Lex loci rei sitae (Latin for "law of the place where the property is situated"), or simply lex situs, is the doctrine that the law governing the transfer of title to property is dependent upon and varies with the location of the property, for the purposes of the conflict of laws.
Dextrocardia (from Latin dextro, meaning "right hand side," and Greek kardia, meaning "heart") is a rare congenital condition in which the apex of the heart is located on the right side of the body, rather than the more typical placement towards the left. [1] There are two main types of dextrocardia: dextrocardia of embryonic arrest (also known ...
Situs orbis terre vel regionum is an anonymous Latin geographical treatise written sometime between the late 7th and early 9th centuries. [1] It was composed either in Septimania or the Iberian Peninsula, both part of the Visigothic Kingdom down to 711. [2] It is known from a single manuscript, now in Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France ...