have its seat in

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The organ, however, which causes the persistence of this sensation must have its seat in the head, since otherwise the axis of apparent rotation could not assume the same motion as the head.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

The function of speech seems to have its seat in a portion of the left side of the brain, and when that portion is diseased or injured, it affects the speech in many ways.

From The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen by Finlay, Roger Thompson

This power seems to have its seat in the nerves of the face, and is possessed by the blind adult as well as the blind child.

From Five Lectures on Blindness by Foley, Kate M.

According to the Papuans the soul, which they imagine to have its seat in the blood, continues to exist at the bottom of the sea, and every one who dies goes thither.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

So named because supposed to have its seat in the hypochondriac regions.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H by Project Gutenberg