Statement Term Position  Each term of a categorical statement has required order for standard form.  The subject term has the first position (also called the subject position) coming before the copula an the predicate term has the second position (also called the predicate position) coming after the copula.

Statement term position is to be distinguished from argument term position.  The latter refers to the way the terms of the syllogism are scattered over the six category slots of a categorical syllogism.

Statement term position is also to be distinguished from statement position.  The latter refers to statements not terms and it refers specifically to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions respectively of the major premise (in the 1st position), the minor premise (in the 2nd position), and the conclusion (in the 3rd position) coming down the argument.  Mood follows this prescribed order down the argument, from left to right it indicates the standard categorical form of the major premise, the minor premise, and the conclusion.