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noun
1.
the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
2.
state or condition of affairs: Arbitration has failed to change the status of the disagreement.
3.
Law. the standing of a person before the law.
adjective
4.
conferring or believed to confer elevated status: a status car; a status job.
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Status
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So is double jeopardy. Does it mean:
| the subjecting of a person to a second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been tried or punished |
| an allegation made by a party to a legal suit, in support of his or her claim or defense; a defendant's answer to a legal declaration or charge |
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Word Origin & History
status
1670s, "height," later "legal standing of a person" (1791), from L. status "condition, position, state, manner, attitude," from stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sense of "social or professional standing" is from 1820. Status symbol first recorded 1955.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
status sta·tus (stā'təs, stāt'əs)
n.
A state or condition.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Cultural Dictionary
status definition
The relative position of an individual within a group, or of a group within a society.
Note: Though the term can refer to either high or low standing, it is often used only to imply a position of prestige.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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