*2. a. [[Law]]. The legal standing or position of a [[person]] as determined by his membership of some class of persons legally enjoying certain rights or subject to certain limitations; condition in respect, e.g., of [[liberty]] or servitude, marriage or celibacy, infancy or majority. | *2. a. [[Law]]. The legal standing or position of a [[person]] as determined by his membership of some class of persons legally enjoying certain rights or subject to certain limitations; condition in respect, e.g., of [[liberty]] or servitude, marriage or celibacy, infancy or majority. |