have its seat in

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V. be situated, be situate; lie, have its seat in.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

They therefore can no longer be attributed to radiant matter, and we are led to think that the energy brought into play in this phenomenon must have its seat in the light-bearing ether itself.

From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien

The Ants, people say, are guided by the sense of smell; and this sense of smell appears to have its seat in the antennae, which we see in continual palpitation.

From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Perhaps, after all, it is a question of the age-old longing for immortality, and therefore it must have its seat in a place higher than this world of death.

From The Strength of the Pines by Marshall, Edison

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