Dictionary:

situs

  (sī'təs)

Position, especially normal or original position, as of a body organ or part.

[Latin.]

The economic attributes of location, including the relationship between the property and surrounding properties, as well as distant points of interest and the linkages to those points. Situs is considered to be the aspect of location that contributes to the market value of a real property.
Example: The situs of a commercial property includes surrounding commercial establishments, the location of suppliers' warehouses, competing establishments, and the homes of employees and customers.

[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.

Position, especially normal or original position, as of a body organ or part.

Pl. situs [L.] site or position.

• s. inversus — total or partial transposition of the body organs to the side opposite the normal.
• s. solitus — normal position of the thoracic and abdominal organs.